The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) announced on Monday, May 22 that it will not charge first-time jobseekers when acquiring National Certificates (NCs), Certification, Authentication and Verification (CAV), and Certificates of Competencies (CoCs). "First-time job seekers...
HOTSPOT We've been hearing a lot of warnings from friends who are into horoscopes to be careful during "mercury retrograde." It turns out, a more urgent problem is out there, oppressing us daily: Mercury rising. Yes, we've been experiencing (and enduring!) extraordinarily-high temperatures and heat...
Former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar (Malacañang photo) Former Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary William Dar, the agriculture chief during the latter half of the previous Duterte administration, has "a lot of explaining to do" in connection with the onion price surge...
LANDSCAPE During a Mothers’ Day dinner, I told my son and daughter-in-law that their only child had asked me to write my memoirs. My son immediately accessed ChatGPT to ask for a Gemma Cruz memoir. At warp speed, ChatGPT presented a table of contents (with errors): I. Introduction – early life...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo, onions (Screenshot from Zoom, MANILA BULLETIN) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo ended the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's three-month inquiry on the agricultural hoarding issue by attempting to put faces on the alleged cartel...
Graduating players Mars Alba and Jolina dela Cruz heaved a huge sigh of relief as they are set to leave De La Salle as UAAP volleyball champions again after five years. The newly crowned Finals Most Valuable Player and Best Setter Alba and 1st Best Outside Spiker dela Cruz, though, are unsure of...
Bureau of Fire Protection/MANILA BULLETIN One person died while four others were injured in a fire that gutted 400 houses on Oroquieta St., Barangay 310, Sta Cruz, Manila, on Sunday morning, May 14. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the injured victims as Danilo Roque, 29, who...
HOTSPOT If there’s anyone who made President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent visit to the United States possible, look no further than the Biden administration. In a briefing before Marcos’ visit, US State Department senior officials outlined what led to this visit. First, as soon as it was...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Thursday, May 11, that it has inaugurated a three-story Provincial Training Center located in Lipa City, Batangas. In a statement, TESDA said that this is part of its commitment to expanding tech-voc training in the country as...
LANDSCAPE Last Sunday, I had lunch with my youngest granddaughter, Uma Leona, who will turn 19 at the end of the year and will probably be taller than I am by then. As we crossed the street to her home, she said that for history homework, she had to paint three scenes from El Filibusterismo. I was...
HOTSPOT I have a pet peeve about media reports or academic retelling of historical events, especially those about activities of past and previous presidents. If you follow the news or are still in school, there are sentences thrown around like “on this day, 10 years ago, former president (insert...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (left) and Leah Cruz. (Contributed photo, HREP website) The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will continue its hearing on the agricultural hoarding-slash-price manipulation issue in May 11. This was confirmed by committee chairman, Quezon 1st...
