General Jose Faustino Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), bestowed the Medal of Valor (Medalya ng Kagitingan) to a Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) officer who offered his life to save four of his comrades and extricate the body of another who was slain during the Marawi...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) activated on Monday, Nov. 8, a new unit which will coordinate the efforts of the military to keep the peace and order in the country with the help of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). AFP Chief of Staff, General Jose...
The roster revamp continues for ECHO as it released three players on Monday, Nov. 8 following the team’s 5th to 6th place finish in the MPL Philippines Season 8. Photo from ECHO Aura Philippines' Facebook page ECHO announced the departure of its reserves Jason Rafael “Jay” Torculas, Samuel...
AirAsia AirAsia Philippines will resume its Singapore and Hong Kong flights in December to service Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) coming home for the Christmas break. Some 165,000 OFWs are in Hong Kong and 30,000 are in Singapore. Beginning Dec. 4, AirAsia’s weekly Manila-Singapore flight Z2-825...
The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) has lauded the government’s decision that lowered Metro Manila’s quarantine status to a more relaxed alert level. In a statement, Francisco Ed Lim, FINEX president said the National Capital Region’s (NCR) shift to Alert Level 2...
A cooperation agreement was inked between the governments of the Philippines and New Zealand to advance the common goal of fortifying geothermal energy developments which will anchor on technology for the country's energy transition agenda. The formal covenant, which is already the second tie-up...
Leading building solutions provider Holcim Philippines Inc. and waste management unit Geocycle have inaugurated new storage and processing facilities at Holcim’s Bulacan plant to provide alternative fuels and raw materials in cement production. In a statement, Holcim said it has completed a new...
Headshots of candidates for Miss USA Philippines 2021 Miss Philippines USA, the longest running Filipino-American beauty pageant now on its 10th successful year, will be culminating its annual series of competitions on Nov. 21, 2021, with its coronation night at the City National Grove of Anaheim....
Cherry Ann Mejia Iloilo routed its rivals to share the lead with Team Paralympics in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament over the weekend. The Kisela Knights first trounced the Camarines Soaring Eagle, 15-6, then hammered down the...
The Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) condemned the banning of subversive books and literature in libraries. In September, Kalinga State University, Isabela State University, and Aklan State University pulled out books authored by or related to the National Democratic Front of...
This contemporary artist has enough pieces to present in three separate exhibitions, but she is in no hurry. Meanwhile, she is filming a documentary on her husband Elmer Borlongan doing a mural about the Battle of Mactan EGO Self-portrait , monoprint (kitchen lithography, graphite, watercolor,...
A strong opposition was expressed by the System-wide University Library Council of the University of the Philippines (UP) to the removal and banning of "subversive" books and materials from libraries not just in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) but anywhere else in the country. (Photo...
