The virtual summit of Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) leaders began on Oct. 26 minus one participant. Myanmar’s junta chief had been excluded on account of the regime’s inability to comply with the five-point consensus plan drawn up last April after the unexpected ouster of its...
Sustainability paradigms are shifting and these are being driven by technology innovations, emerging industries as well as the re-calibration of global commerce that will then result in transformation of consumer-preferences. On the core of all these developments, however, is the urgent need for...
Filipinos do not have to look back as far as Typhoons Ondoy and Yolanda to remind them of catastrophic natural disasters. Fresh on the headlines and social media are scenes of devastation wrought by Typhoon Maring in the north, the country’s 13th tropical cyclone for 2021 and the second this...
The Commission on Election (Comelec) in Pasay City announced that the registration of voters in the city’s two biggest malls will continue from Oct. 11 to 30. Atty. Ronald Santiago, Pasay City Comelec officer, said the continuation of the voter registration will be held at Level 2 South...
Is there something cooking within the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s political party, the People’s Reform Party (PRP)? Jun Evasco sworn in as PRP member (Photo credit: Chinky C. Fuentes) Barely 24 hours after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte issued a statement reiterating her decision not...
An 81-year-old mother abandoned her plan to run for an elective position in Muntinlupa due to her age and health. Estrellita "Nanay Letty" Santiago was originally included as one of the candidates for councilor of the One Muntinlupa team of Rep. Ruffy Biazon, who is running for mayor, and Mayor...
Public service is a thankless job. Criticisms, now amplified via social media, are part of daily life. Do little, then a public servant is deemed worthless; do more, then a public servant is accused of grandstanding or credit grabbing. It is hard to find the perfect balance but if there is one...
And some of us still haven't learned our lesson. By now, the trifecta of health protocols – wearing a face mask, social distancing, and regular hand washing – should be "ingrained" in our muscle memory. All research, whether done in the confines of a laboratory or using the expanse of...
The reopening of some aspects of the economy such as allowing limited dine-in in restaurants or permitting salons to accept clients gave a sense of hope for the business sector. With continuous vaccinations and implementation of focused lockdowns on streets or villages meant to cut the root of...
Combined operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a drug pusher and seized some P34,000 worth of ‘shabu’ a in a buy-bust operation in Santiago City, Isabela. In a PDEA report, the suspect was identified as Brian Cantry...
Like other government agencies that have recurring activities to implement as mandated by law, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) did not foresee the pandemic coming. The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and the various level of restrictions in several places in the country to stem the rising...
Park-goers can now visit three popular sites in the historic Walled City of Intramuros and Rizal Park in Manila starting Thursday, Sept. 16, as they reopen their doors to the public but at a limited capacity and shortened operating hours. Fort Santiago, Intramuros (Photo from Department of Tourism)...
