Senator Manny Pacquiao, left, lets Jalen Green hold the WBC welterweight title belt in their recent meeting in the US. (Manny Pacquiao Instagram) Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao expressed his excitement on social media following the selection of Filipino-American basketball player Jalen Green...
Eleven United States Senate Democrats led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, have called the attention of the Biden administration over their concerns about the human rights situation in the Philippines under...
Notwithstanding moves in the House of Representatives to confer two existing awards of commendation to Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, leaders want to create the Congressional Medal of Excellence (CME) for the newest sports pride of the country. Hidilyn Diaz 2 Speaker Lord Allan Velasco,...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Last week’s southwest monsoon habagat that was intensified by Typhoon Fabian brought more rain than the unforgettable Typhoon Ondoy, yet Marikina was spared from massive flooding. The continuous rainfall at 2 a.m. last Saturday recorded at 134...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Unlike other countries who have already vaccinated a significant portion of their population, the Philippines still finds itself in the early stages of its nationwide vaccination program mainly due to the limited supply of doses. According to recent data from our...
What President Duterte’s previous SONAs say about the way we wear Is there room for fashion in politics? Yes. As much as we want to see a government that is fair and free from any signs of luxury, style infiltrating the Malacañang Palace is pretty inevitable, especially in today’s...
Senator Francis Pangilinan and family (Facebook) Can legal action stop them on their tracks? We certainly hope so. These unnamed vloggers and assorted, unidentified trolls have been polluting our air with too much dirt and grime. Last week, Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan sued Google...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina The recent World Bank (WB) report of an “unacceptably poor school climate” in our country where 80 percent of Filipino schoolchildren “do not know what they should know” has been hard to swallow for education officials. Education Secretary...
Presidential Adviser for Northern Luzon Raul Lambino cited the administration's "Build Build Build" projects as one of the significant gains of the Duterte administration. In a statement on Monday July 19, Lambino said that he presented the ongoing various infrastructure projects in Cagayan...
Angel Locsin and Neil Arce It seems like the wedding of sweethearts Angel Locsin and Neil Arce is finally happening later this year. This after Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson's name cropped up again as one of the principal sponsors for the celebrity wedding. It would be recalled that Angel and Neil...
Amid whispers of a possible stab at the senatorial race in the May 2022 national polls, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III appears to be eyeing an active stint as chairman of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Government Group instead. (File photo/...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Eighteen-year-old Dominic Navarro graduated with honors from the Ilocos Region campus of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) last May. Dominic is one of several who went through the PSHS system and were offered admission at some of the world’s most...
