Dimples Romana with her family (Instagram) Dimples Romana couldn't help but share online the photos of the tons of avocados, coconuts, and corn harvested from their farm in Batangas. She described the abundant harvest as "ani na biyaya mula sa madaming araw at gabi ng puyat, luha, dugo’t pawis...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Following Malacanang’s renewed calls for unity and cooperation in the midst of continuing battle against the coronavirus, perhaps President Duterte may consider establishing some sort of a “Government of National Unity” by enlisting...
PEACE-MAKER Russia’s discovery of a COVID-19 vaccine seems to provide light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Russian-developed vaccine offers “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus. He revealed that it was even administered on his...
If there’s an acronym of the year that could beat ECQ (and its various variations), it is WFH. A year ago, WFH was not even mentioned, as it was known then as telecommuting, remote work, or mobile employment. Now, WFH is part of the lexicon of the majority of the metro’s workers (and their...
Rep. Bambol Tolentino National athletes and coaches might soon get their allowances in full once the House Bill No. 6953 or “Bayanihan Act 2” becomes a law. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president and Tagaytay City Congressman Bambol Tolentino said he included the said provision into the...
Alice Dixson (YouTube screengrab) Alice Dixson has finally allowed people a glimpse of her home in Boracay. “I’ve been a little reluctant (to do it), but that’s okay. This request has been ongoing for a few years now," she said in the first part of the video. "But you’re in luck. I...
PEACE-MAKER We wish to pay tribute to the late senator and foreign affairs secretary Raul Manglapus, whose 21 st death anniversary last July 25 we quietly commemorated. We were in Carmel, California in 1998, having accepted an invitation to speak at a forum organized by Paul Burgess Fay Jr. who...
Jinkee Pacquiao (Instagram) Jinkee Pacquiao’s latest vlog shows her family’s private resort. "Sa lahat ng nagtatanong, ito na 'yun. I'm not bragging or anything na meron kaming ganito. Request niyo naman ito, so i-tour ko kayo dito," the wife of Senator Manny Pacquiao said in the first few...
PEACE-MAKER Tomorrow’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Rodrigo Duterte, his fifth, is both unprecedented and crucial in the midst of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, which, as of this writing, has infected more than 72,000 of our countrymen and claimed more than 1,800 lives, and...
Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo In a virtual conference, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo did not gloss over the fact that the entertainment industry is reeling from the effects of the pandemic. “We are considered and categorized as high risk because our work involves mass gathering and interaction with an...
PEACE-MAKER As of last month, June, both the San Miguel Corporation (SMC), of which he is president and COO, and his personal pandemic-related donations to the medical sector and hard-hit communities have amounted to a staggering P1.25 billion, including medical equipment, food products, alcohol,...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In the last days of 2018 and in the New Year, we witnessed in media Japan’s well-loved Emperor Akihito, a friend of the Filipino people, deliver his final New Year’s address to the Japanese people before his scheduled abdication in a...
