Women’s Month, marked annually in March, is coming to a close. But it doesn’t mean all efforts for women to be seen, to be nurtured, or to be empowered will also end. Women’s issues are issues faced each day and all of us — who have sisters, aunts, mothers, and grandmothers — must be...
Dividends remitted by the Philippines Ports Authority (PPA) to the government coffers under President Duterte’s watch exceeded the sum it had contributed in more than two decades, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III on Wednesday, March...
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) account for 99.5 percent of business establishments in the Philippines, employ 63 percent of the workforce, and have been responsible for approximately 40 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). This sector was among the most severely...
73085 The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) remitted P4.08 billion dividend payment to the Department of Finance, announced General Manager Jay Daniel R. Santiago. The amount remitted Monday, March 21, represents 60 percent of PPA’s P6.79 billion net income for 2021 and is 8.5 percent higher than...
Exactly 501 years ago, at daybreak on March 16, 1521, Spain first saw what it would soon name the Philippines after its king, Philip the Prudent. Like hope on the horizon, the island of Zamal, now Samar, shimmered in the eyes of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew. With them was...
The late senator, Miriam Defensor-Santiago saw qualities in her one-time Senate colleague Bongbong Marcos that would make for a fine presidential candidate. The late former senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago (left) and presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN/ Lakas-CMD...
In a political campaign season as heated as the coming summer, cooler heads must prevail when it comes to issues about campaigning. It is obvious — understandable, too — that all campaigns want to be ahead, to project a sense of invincibility, and hide every inch of vulnerability. Since winning...
E CARTOON MAR 10, 2022 Preoccupation with the shift to a new normal on account of the decline of Covid-19 infections may have deterred the government from paying more focused attention to the possible adverse consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict before its outbreak two weeks ago. Continuing...
First, the good news. The Department of Health (DOH) early this week announced that 70.76 percent of the country’s target population has already been vaccinated against Covid-19. In short, almost 64 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated. Now, the other side of the news. Out of this number, only...
Presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said there is a need for the government to revisit the pandemic preparedness bill previously filed by his former running mate and late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Marcos Jr. cited the importance of...
E CARTOON FEB 23, 2022 Over the course of the pandemic, the LTO has sought to make transactions with its agency easier, more efficient, and most importantly, safer in light of the risks brought about by COVID-19. While many of these programs have been outlined much earlier, the social distancing...
E CARTOON FEB 16, 2022 The government announced that in the coming 15 days until the end of February, majority of the cities and provinces, including the National Capital Region (NCR), will still be under Alert Level 2. This result came from the recommendation of health experts, since the...
