Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to amend the country’s Consumer Act in order to strengthen the rights of consumers and protecting them from hazardous and substandard products. Gatchalian made the call as consumer spending accelerates ahead of the Christmas and New Year’s Eve...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has renewed calls for the Marcos administration to designate a permanent Department of Health (DOH) secretary. 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan Libanan, in a statement Sunday, Dec. 4 said that having a permanent DOH chief at the...
The Department of Education (DepED) reminded schools and offices to ensure that Christmas parties will be held in a “simple yet meaningful” manner. Photo from Unsplash In DepED Order No. 52 series of 2022 signed by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte dated Nov. 2, the department...
Former Department of Tourism (DOT) undersecretary, Roberto V. Antonio has joined the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)'s Board of Directors. As DOT undersecretary and senior consultant, he conceptualized the Eight Anchor Destination Program and the production of the DOT Foreign Offices...
The whys, whats, and hows toward your dream career By Lorena Valerio The path to a dream career that makes one excitedly jump out of bed whenever you think about it in the morning has three essential steps: Why you want the said career, what you need to achieve it, and how you can move forward with...
When he passed away at age 96 last Nov. 30, former president Jiang Zemin was acclaimed by the Communist Party of China in a published letter to its members: “(His) death is an incalculable loss to our Party and our military and our people of all ethnic groups.” Jiang served as president of...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Poet, artist and activist Ericson Acosta died on Bonifacio Day, Nov. 30, at around 2 a.m., in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental. He was 50. The tributes continue to pour in from contemporaries, fellow poets and artists, classmates and friends. According to the 62nd Infantry Battalion...
MASTER CAT Puss in the Boots, a fictional character in the fairy tale of the same name, which in French is Le Maître Chat ou le chat botté —retold by Charles Perrault in Contes de ma mère l'oye One is moved to write by the force of other people’s writing more than by the forces of nature,...
The Philippines has reiterated its intention to work with fellow United Nations member states in promoting human rights and upholding fundamental freedoms such as of the press. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) During the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) human rights dialogue in Siem Reap,...
To exchange insights and ideas on how the country can navigate a post-pandemic education landscape, education leaders and stakeholders gathered at a conference organized by Teach for the Philippines (TFP) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Teach for the Philippines’ local government unit (LGU)...
The United Nations (UN) has lauded the Philippines in its campaign to recognize the contribution of migrant​s all over the world ​to the inclusive growth and sustainable development ​and to the economy ​of their​ respective​ countries​. ​ Many...
Hapag now serves lunch featuring degustacion-like dishes PANSIT 911 Pansit binondo the way Nav and Thirdy likes it, fun and dangerously good (Cover design by the author) In a degustation, food transcends its basic function as sustenance, turning into meaningful works of art born of a chef’s...
