Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte met with Australian Senator and Foreign Minister Penny Wong to discuss the importance of education in nation-building. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and Australian Senator and Foreign Minister Penny Wong (OVP photo) In a Facebook post on...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A student died in a motorcycle collision on the Jose P. Laurel Highway on Sunday, May 14, in Barangay Tambo, this city. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Bautista of Barangay Nangkaan, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas. Investigation said Bautista was driving a motorcycle...
Vice President Sara Duterte thanked outgoing Singaporean Ambassador to the Philippines Gerard Ho Wei Hong for his contribution in deepening ties between Singapore and the Philippines. Duterte expressed her appreciation to Hong as the envoy paid a farewell call on the Vice President at her office in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old call center agent and paralegal officer of a business processing outsourcing employees group was found dead with 20 stab wounds in a nipa hut in Purok Villa Rosario, Barangay Alijis here on Monday, April 24. Police are exploring all angles to determine the motive...
Davao-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Six Eleven Global Services and Solution is aiming to fill up 5,000 seats by 2025 to double its current 2,500 agents. In a statement, Six Eleven CEO Michael Bian said they have gone a long way from only 20 agents 18 years ago when the call center...
A scourge of these tech-driven times, scam call centers have proliferated, like a viral infection that threatens not only to destroy a body, but intends to infect an entire society. Scam call centers do a myriad of illicit activities, usually implemented by people who were illegally recruited or...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has hailed Filipino artists and athletes who competed and won in various international events, thanking them for bringing honor to the Philippines. *President Marcos meets Filipino artists and athletes who won in various international competitions this year...
As the agriculture sector continues to intensify the fight against smuggling, a consumer group called for the immediate passage of Senate Bill 1688 which expands the coverage of the Republic Act (RA) 10845 or the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016. SMUGGLED onions weighing a total of 71,551...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, Feb. 20, lauded Filipino ace surfer Rogelio “JayR” Esquivel, Jr. for bringing “pride and honor” to the country and showing that Filipinos “can compete against the best in the world” when he won in an international surfing competition in January....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the Philippines supports the embattled country in its effort to end the ongoing war. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (file photos) Marcos bared...
Valenzuela City 1st district congressman-turned-Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian paid a courtesy call to House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, Feb. 1. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The...
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has expressed commitment to helping the Philippines modernize its defense capabilities and increase the interoperability of American and Filipino military forces. President 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Malacañang,...
