An active partner and supporter of Filipino farmers, SMFI provides farmers with modern farming skills and tools through its Kabalikat Sa Kabuhayan on Sustainable Agriculture (Pre-pandemic photo). Earlier this year, in April; for the very first time, the SM Foundation (SMFI) was conferred a Silver...
A National Treasure restored by Escuella Taller The recent restoration of La Loma Chapel was the product of the efforts between Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation, Inc. or Escuela Taller and the Diocese of Kalookan. The restoration of the chapel facade took just 11 months to complete. The newly...
On its year four, the Mega Bigay Sustansya has been helping malnourished children across the country At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, various brands made buzz for helping those in need especially, the children who are battling with malnutrition, one of them is the proudly local sardines...
The Fred Hollows Foundation conducted an on-site eye screening and community visit for an Indigenous Peoples (IPs) community in Barangay Tongko Tayabas City, Quezon on Tuesday, June 21. (NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALABARZON) In a Facebook post of the National Commission on...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s weekly public service radio show, “BISErbisyong Leni,” will come to an end this Sunday, June 26. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo by Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez said that this week’s episode would be the last in the...
Spotlight on UP’s Maria Christine Muyco as the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio fellow By Emma Orozco Maria Christine Muyco, music composer, ethnomusicologist, and music composition professor at the University of the Philippines recently enjoyed a scholarship of residency at Bellagio. It...
Nine mango varieties and selections were unveiled at a press conference of the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) on June 8, 2022. The mangoes were identified by the Institute of Plant...
The National Museum of the Philippines and Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. launched the Elizabeth Y. Gokongwei Ethnographic Stoneware Resource Center There are numerous ways one can learn the Philippines’ rich history. There is the Filipinos’ hand-looming and weaving tradition, where...
Simultaneous cleaning and greening activities across the province marked the celebration of the 121st Foundation Day of Rizal Province or the "Araw ng Lalawigan," named after national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal on Saturday, June 11. Photo courtesy of Nel Andrade / MANILA BULLETIN Vice Mayor Gerardo...
Smile Train ambassadors and Miss Universe queens reunited to continue spreading smiles in the Philippines Miss Universe queens Pia Wurtzbach, Iris Mittenaere, and Demi-Leigh Tebow recently met Smile Train beneficiaries under the care of its partner, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation of the...
DAVAO CITY – A male Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) will be released back into its home in Sarangani on Monday, June 13, more than a year after it was rescued in Barangay Ticulab, Maitum, Sarangani, Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) Development Program Manager Andi Baldonado said. In an...
MALLGOERS admire stuffed Philippine Eagle ‘Pag-asa’ in an exhibit of the Philippine Eagle Foundation at SM Lanang Premier in Davao City which is part of the annual Philippine Eagle Week celebration that aims to strengthen awareness on the conservation of the critically endangered Philippine...
