President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the West Wing of the White House, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. will hold direct...
CAMP ROMUALDO RUBI, BANCASI, Butuan City – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in collaboration with the city government of Gingoog and the Army 23rd Infantry (Masigasig) Battalion (23rd IB), distributed starter toolkits to 150 Special Training and Employment...
A total of 46 City/Municipal Disaster risk Reduction and Management Officers (C/MDRRMOs) and City/Municipal Planning and Development Coordinators (C/MPDCs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) underwent training in the formulation of the Enhanced Local Climate Change Action Plan (eLCCAP)....
A step in the right direction. Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza (Facebook) That's how Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza described the Houae leadership's decision to amend the controversial Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF) bill and remove the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)...
K-pop boy band Treasure sold nearly 181,000 copies of their new album “The Second Step: Chapter One.” Treasure released the album on Feb. 15 and according to YG Entertainment, it topped the iTunes Top Albums chart in 30 countries and territories including Japan, Spain, Canada, Australia,...
K-pop boy band Treasure, composed of 12 members, made their comeback in a little over a year, releasing their new album “The Second Step: Chapter One” on Feb. 15. The album is fronted by the song “Jikjin” (a Korean word which means “go straight”), a hip-hop song described as a track...
EDITORIAL As the health pandemic calms down with more vaccinations, appropriate government response, and build up of our immunity, another pandemic is looming over the horizon. Dubbed the “plastic pandemic,” countries all over the world, including the Philippines, are waking up to the reality...
K-pop boy band Treasure set a personal best for their upcoming new album “The Second Step: Chapter One.” According to YG Entertainment, the group’s agency, on Jan. 20, “The Second Step: Chapter One” exceeded 600,000 copies in pre-orders in eight days since the reservation started on Jan....
Malacañang is leaving it to the ruling party PDP-Laban to decide its next step after its petition to reopen the filing of the certificate of candidacy (COC) for the national elections was rejected. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from the Cabinet Secretariat Facebook page) Cabinet...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta said: “I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.” When Mt. Pinatubo...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles defended President Duterte's declaration of a "state of calamity" Tuesday, Dec. 21 over the regions stricken by typhoon "Odette"--a move that was described as "late" by some. Siargao, post-"Odette". (Photo from PCG) Nograles, in a virtual press conference Wednesday,...
Editorial The effects of climate change couldn’t be more glaring as the country woke up with the ravages of Typhoon Odette. In some parts of Visayas and Mindanao, communication lines were cut, roads were destroyed, houses tumbled down like sandcastles. And again, calls for help resonated and...
