Educators, policymakers, and education advocates from across the country convened at the 2025 Philippine Education Conference (PhilEd 2025) on Wednesday, December 3, to discuss pressing education issues, gain insights from national and international experts, and strengthen collaboration between the...
Educators, policymakers, and advocates from across the country are set to gather for the 2025 PhilEd Conference on December 3–4 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Organized by the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC), this year’s conference aims to shift the national...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) underscored the critical role of innovation, inclusivity, and artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming Philippine higher education during CanvasCon Philippines 2025, held on Wednesday, September 10, at the Grand Hyatt Manila in Taguig City. Commissioner...
When disaster strikes in the Philippines, whether it 's a typhoon, flood, or earthquake, one of the first forms of government aid that reaches affected communities is the family food pack from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Family food packs are prepared and stored...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has partnered with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to preposition ready-to-eat food boxes in key ports across the country ahead of disasters, particularly during typhoons that disrupt sea travel. Under the agreement signed on June 27,...
Grand lobby of The Sapphire Bloc In today’s fast-evolving real estate landscape, buyers aren’t just purchasing space — they’re investing in stability. With global markets in flux and timelines growing more critical, a new kind of premium has emerged: properties that are built, operational,...
Ready-to-eat food pack (DSWD Facebook page) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially launched on Monday, Dec. 2 the ready-to-eat food (RTEF) pack to enhance food security during disasters and calamities. DSWD Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary...
SMDC Good Home Program launch at Red Residences (Photos by Rey Ilagan/MB) SMDC Good Stays, the official leasing and tenancy management arm of SM Development Corporation, is redefining the real estate landscape with its groundbreaking Good Home Program. Unveiled during an exclusive launch on March...
OFF THE BEATEN PATH With revenge travel in full swing, destinations are fast getting filled up with all kinds of travelers. Some prefer to travel in style and luxury, while there are those (such as myself) who like to rough it up a little. I am a “long drive” kind of person, which makes me...
To implement or not to implement the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a hotly contested issue. There are vocal supporters and passionate oppositionists. Both have valid arguments and data showing why it is beneficial — or useless — to our nation. The consensus that is...
How prepared are we in the event “The Big One”—a magnitude-7.2 earthquake triggered by the movement of the West Valley Fault—strikes in Metro Manila? The question comes to mind in the wake of the devastation caused by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria. A study...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The massive 7.8 magnitude quake in southern Türkiye and northern Syria that has claimed more than 34,000 lives so far, with the numbers still climbing, is the kind of apocalyptic nightmare geoscientists have been worrying about. A glimpse of the...
