Janet R. Nepales It didn’t seem odd to expect a heavyweight book about fashion, in its classic lines and hyper-strombotic adventurism, from Janet Rodriguez-Nepales. I must say, however, that a juicy Hollywood confessional, complete with jaw-dropping quotes and delectable anecdotes, would have...
'The Fabulous Filipino Brothers' Cignal Entertainment, one of the country’s leading production companies in developing noteworthy and critically renowned films, brings to Philippine audiences Dante Basco’s The Fabulous Filipino Brothers and more award-winning movies that graced several...
Philippine business and labor groups have passed a joint resolution calling on the Duterte administration to act on 11 recommendations, including addressing corruption and passage of Bayanihan 3, to ensure safe reopening of the domestic economy and protect lives. The 10 groups under the Leaders’...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We Filipinos should take pride that a fellow Filipino now shares the Nobel Prize stage with some of the world’s great men and women, like Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway,...
Only less than 100,000 displaced workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) will remain jobless, but some 300,000 employees are returning to work with the further easing of restrictions and reopening of more establishments at higher operating capacity starting Saturday, Oct. 16. “With most of...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will revise its list of "green" countries in connection with the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque presides over...
By now, public school teachers should have received their P1,000 incentive for this year’s World Teachers Day (WTD) celebration. Photo taken at Agtangao Elementary School in Bangued, Abra last June (DepEd Abra) This, after the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Oct. 11, assured that it...
Majority of Filipino children and young adults are worried that climate change is threatening the people and the planet, a recent study conducted worldwide showed. Citing the first global large-scale investigation of climate anxiety in children and young people co-led by United Kingdom-based...
Malacañang has called on the United States (US) government "to do what is incumbent" in connection with the killing of Filipino nurse Maria Ambrocio by a homeless man in New York City. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook live) "We call upon the US government to do...
Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday vowed to pursue the welfare and protection of the country’s elderly citizens as she seeks another term in the Senate. De Lima said she will make sure that the voices and concerns of senior citizens are properly heard and addressed as she seeks another six-year...
Denmark and the Philippines commemorate 75 years of diplomatic relations DANCE! Philippine Ambassador to Denmark Leo M. Herrera-Lim (left) with the LEGO model Singkil (Copenhagen PE photo) ‘The dance is a courtship ritual...similar to our struggles as Filipinos and Danes overcoming our hardships...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is taking steps to ban a retired military officer in Saudi Arabia from employing Filipino workers over reports of repeated physical abuse on househelp. Â Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
