To further speed up the immunization program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the national government is targeting to open all 3,000 vaccination sites to the public for 24 hours a day and seven days a week, a task force official disclosed Sunday, May 23. "Nakatutok na tayo dyan. Ang...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar honored his late father, former Interior Undersecretary Wencelito Andanar, by planting a tree in his name at the Arroceros Forest Park in Manila on Saturday. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar plants a tree in honor of his late father, former Interior...
Australia and the Philippines are aiming to continue the vision of maintaining an “open, inclusive, stable, prosperous and free” Indo-Pacific in the next 75 years of the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend. Australian...
ANGEL THOUGHTS Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother. The merry month of May is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God. It is also dedicated to earthly mothers who work the hardest to bring up well-behaved, happy, productive, God-fearing offspring. Agree? Meet my only daughter...
President Duterte is optimistic about the country's long-term growth despite the pandemic due to the Filipino nation's resilience, creativity, and other competitive advantages. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address on May 17, 2021 (Malacañang) The President said the country was...
Australia is committed to further strengthen relations with the Philippines and work together towards securing an inclusive, prosperous and free Indo-Pacific region. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivers a video message for Philippine-Australia Friendship Day on May 22 (Australia...
The country has logged a new record-high of nearly 230,000 vaccinations in a single day as it nears the four million-mark in administered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. bared Saturday, May 22. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. attends Pres. Duterte's "Talk to the Nation"...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced that a tripartite agreement is being eyed to be signed between the Philippines and Canada to strengthen partnership on space science and technology applications. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said officials...
Pinto Art Museum mounts exhibit to commemorate and challenge the first circumnavigation on its 500th anniversary THY WILL BE DONE Thy Kingdom Come (diptych), pen and ink, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 40 in, by Iggy Rodriguez In September 1521, in a fleet of five ships and 270 men called the Armada de...
In this quarantine, something so innocuous hides both immediate and long-term dangers A CONTEMPLATIVE JOURNEY By standers relaxing. Image taken by the author on his route There was the smell of rotting gmelina fruits, a tree species oft-harvested for paper. There was the smell too of drying carabao...
Bonding on the bay PORT OF ALL CALM Sunset at the Manila bay (Photo by Lawrence Ruiz) Manila Bay was a paradise for fish and fishermen in the years after the war. Its clean deep waters were littered with half-submerged wreckage of planes, ships, and war material from both sides of the conflict,...
Global tastemakers single out FAME+ brands at Maison & Objet and more curations TRADITIONAL TOOLS Paper clay vase by Indigenous In weaving, each fiber, color, and intricate pattern represents a great deal of Philippine culture. It preserves history and tradition but, more important, grants...
