Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines- Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI), appealed for compassion towards refugees as nations commemorate World Refugee Day on June 20 and World Refugee Week on June 20...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has voiced out that regional maritime disputes, including artificial-island building and drilling activities at sea, are among the threats the world's oceans are facing. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Screengrab from DFA YouTube Channel)...
As the Philippines celebrated the 49th World Environment Day yesterday (June 5), Senator Cynthia A. Villar encouraged everyone to be responsible and passionate to contribute and inspire others to do their own part in healing Mother Earth. Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on environment...
As part of the “World Bicycle Day” celebration, around 500 cyclists in Quezon City participated in a bike run conducted by the Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) - Green Transport Office on Friday, June 3. The local government said on Saturday, June 4, that the participants include...
WORKERS ride bicycles to and from work in Iloilo City which is touted as one of the country’s ‘bike-friendly’ cities. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A multi-sector team has started gathering data on bike usage in this city which coincided with the commemoration of World Bicycle Day Friday, June...
World Tea Day is this week International Tea Day is this Saturday, May 21st, and when Steuarts Tea Philippines reached out to me, they were surprised to learn they were "preaching to the converted." I’m allergic to coffee, so it’s always been tea for me. Having spent some of my educational...
Agritourism sites are venues where anyone can learn agriculture, participate in farm activities, eat meals made with farm-fresh ingredients, and sometimes stay overnight for training or recreation. What is not known to many folks is the existence of bee tourism (aka apitourism and...
Keep your passwords secure with Google Manila Bulletin Tech News can't stress enough how important passwords are. It is a person's first line of defense against illegal access to one's computer, devices, personal information, social media accounts and other electronic accounts the person has. And...
Día del Libro is back! Did you know that Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes and English playwright William Shakespeare both died on the same day? Two of history's greatest writers coincidentally passed away on April 23, 1616. And this prompted UNESCO to declare in 1995 that from then on April 23...
On World Health Day, the Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) urged election hopefuls to push for a "people-center and planet-friendly" public health system. As Covid-19 cases in the country decline and more Filipinos start seeing the hope of living normally, CPDG stressed the...
World is going through a drastic digital transformation with growing data consumption, and the Philippines following the same trend with great vigor. With immense consumption of data daily, we at times forget about backing-up our precious memories and data. Be it our precious memories, documents or...
Water is life. So, if water is life, then easy access to fresh water is a basic right that each and every person in this world must enjoy. The reality, however, is far from it. United Nations data revealed that 2.2 billion people in the world have no access to safe water. It is an alarming number...
