Fr. Efren Esmilla, a priest from Nagcarlan in Laguna, has been named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Photo from CBCP / ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA In a statement released on Saturday, Dec. 9, the 61-year-old joined priests Keith Chylinski and Christopher Cooke, who are...
KEEPING CLASSICAL MUSIC ALIVE Members of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) posing in front of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Photo Rodel Valiente) Has there ever been a classical musician more known than Ludwig van Beethoven? Beethoven has long been credited as one of the...
The Philippine design economy generated P2.9 trillion in turnover, contributed P1.2 trillion in gross value added (GVA) and generated 705,000 jobs in 2020, thus accounting for 6.6 percent of the national GVA and 1.8 percent of total national employment, according to the “Making Design...
Senator Imee Marcos sided with Vice President Sara Duterte on the hot topic of peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The presidential sister agreed with the Vice President's objections to President Marcos’ decision to resume the peace talks with...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Dec. 6, emphasized the need for a “whole-of-government approach” to address the high congestion rates in the country’s prison facilities. In his address to participants in the first ever National Jail Decongestion Summit at the Diamond Hotel in Manila, the...
Physicists at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) have introduced "network science" to help with faster and more efficient relief operations in the aftermath of typhoons in the country. A model of Visayas’ transport network system, showing connections between major roads (red lines),...
Honorary Consulate General of Romania Consul Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis Jr., DFA Usec. for Civilian Security and Consular Affairs Jesus Domingo, Embassy of Romania Ambassador H.E. Răduţa Dana Matache, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown, and Romania Honorary Consul...
Recipients of aid from the European Union's welfare programs in the Philippines The European Union (EU) has made available €300,000 (over P18 million) in response to widespread flooding, which has wreaked havoc across many parts of the Philippines since mid-November. This humanitarian aid will...
In recent years, it would seem that new mediums of art are often subject to criticisms by traditionalists of the medium. Art forms such as animation, comics, and video games are often dismissed as “low art.” They are branded as overly commercialized mediums meant only to entertain rather than...
The Senate Committee on National Defense and Security has included an amendment in the substitute measure proposing reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension system that would require only new entrants to give contributions for their pension. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada,...
Union Bank of the Philippines, a member of the Aboitiz Group, has successfully raised P18.17 billion of peso-denominated fixed rate bonds via an oversubscribed dual tranche offering. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said this is its largest bond issuance from...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Most Filipinos who are aware of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have expressed satisfaction with its overall achievements in the past three months, yielding a net satisfaction rating of +83, a survey conducted by the OCTA Research has shown. OCTA’s...
