The government will continue to deploy overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Israel despite the country's announcement that it would ban the entry of all foreign visitors amid the threats brought by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Philippine Overseas...
Genteel Home puts Filipino craftsmanship and its bespoke furniture on center stage as it opens its first showroom. Genteel Home, a Pampanga-based boutique lifestyle store offering interior design services and bespoke furniture, recently opened its first showroom in Angeles, Pampanga. For principal...
Four individuals and an organization, among them a Filipino fisherman, were formally given Tuesday, Nov. 30 their prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award--Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Roberto 'Ka Dodoy' Ballon (Photo courtesy of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation) Dubbed by the Ramon Magsaysay...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It’s a pandemic within a pandemic, and it’s an urgent issue that we ought to focus on especially because November is National Children’s Month. A recent World Bank (WB) study said that childhood under-nutrition, long considered to be a...
The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development, chaired by Isabela 5th District Rep. Faustino Michael Dy III, approved the bill granting retirement, health care, and death benefits to retirement, health care, and death benefits to professional Filipino athletes who won awards in international...
The 2022 Grammys has the most pop music acts with Filipino roots. In case you missed it, the upcoming Grammy’s in January 2022 is boasting the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R., Bruno Mars (as part of the Silk Sonic duo) and Saweetie. Besides being aces with their respective music, all mentioned...
The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home and since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has breached the 800,000 mark, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing records from the Overseas Workers Welfare...
Five Filipino students graduated with the highest honors at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which held its 29th Congregation on Nov. 26 and conferred 2,552 bachelor’s degrees, 2,506 master’s degrees and 308 doctoral degrees. They are Clyde Wesley Ang, Sedrick Scott...
This priceless piece of precolonial heritage is a memento in this year’s celebration of 75 years of diplomatic ties between Australia and the Philippines LOST AND FOUND This long-lost mid-20th steel-and-wood axe, used for hunting and woodcarving in the Igorot communities of northern Luzon, is...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is inviting Filipino students to join its advanced space scholarships program. (Photo from Philippine Space Agency) PhilSA said “Advanced Degrees for Accelerating Strategic Space R&D Applications (AD ASTRA)” scholarships are available to Filipino...
In an effort to empower student leaders and make them more proactive on issues that affect the Filipino youth in general, the Department of Education (DepEd) welcomed the newly-elected officers of the National Federation of Student Supreme Government (NFSSG). (Photo from DepEd) “I would like to...
Employment opportunities await overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the pandemic in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the reopening of the economy in the Middle Eastern country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported. (FILE PHOTO) Labor Attaché John Rio Bautista...
