The country's tourism and hospitality industry was still able to "adapt, restrategize, and thrive" (ART) despite being among the hardest hit by the ongoing pandemic as shown in this year's prestigious Virtus Award. (Photos from Hotel Sales and Marketing Association) Organized by the Hotel Sales and...
Baguio City (COMMONS WIKIPEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) The air temperatures in Baguio City and Metro Manila dipped to their lowest so far for the 2021-2022 northeast monsoon or "amihan" season on Saturday, Dec. 4. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi has filed libel and cyberlibel charges against officials and reporters of seven Philippine media outfits for their alleged "libelous attacks" published in articles about his supposed involvement in the controversy...
Christmas came early in Tondo, Manila as a community pantry giving out essential and care packs was set up by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines in the Manila district. CHRISTMAS COMMUNITY PANTRY--The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines set up a community pantry in Tondo, Manila in time for the...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Months after it saw a surge in cases driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, Metro Manila is now at "very low risk" status for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the independent research group OCTA said Friday, Dec. 3. "We are down to 138 cases per day . That used to be the...
The entire Philippines is now under alert level 2, thanks to a tweak made Thursday, Dec. 2 by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases or IATF. A couple enjoys a date at Intramuros in Manila. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement sent to...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Dec. 2, confirmed that 28 public schools in the National Capital Region (NCR) are set to join the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes in basic education for School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Pilot face-to-face classes in Sinalongan...
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) officially resumed face-to-face classes on Monday, Nov. 29, after more than a year of holding online classes. A select group of BS Physical Therapy students were allowed for the first time since March 2020 in the PLM campus in Intramuros, Manila. (PLM...
From Japan to the Philippines, optical chain Owndays opens its 56 th store in Okada, which happens to be the world’s only Japanese-owned integrated resort. These two valuable brands team up to provide a unique optical experience to their customers. Owndays boasts of its simple and quick price...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso earned the support of Angkas riders and members of the Young Entrepreneurs Supporting Isko Moreno (YES ISKO) for his presidential bid in the 2022 elections. (Photo courtesy of Ikaw Muna Media/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Angkas riders and YES ISKO members...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has called for stricter border controls in the country to prevent the entry of the highly-transmissible new COVID-19 variant Omicron. “Kailangan na vigilant, kailangan strict implementation of our border control. When I say strict, it goes for...
South Korean firms have invested P53.982 billion, generated $1.095 billion and provided 42,675 jobs to Filipinos in various economic zones in the country to date, according to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). PEZA Director General Charito “Ching” Plaza revealed this as she...
