After chiding the United States for technically snubbing the Philippines’ offer of energy investments, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi still tugged his way into courting American firms to pour in capital in geothermal as well as petroleum exploration projects being offered by the country. “We...
Mineski Philippines has officially opened its Youth Esports Program (YEP) regional qualifiers for the third leg of the National Interschool Cyber League (NICL) featuring Moonton's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Registration is now open to interested senior high school and college students who are...
The True MVPs: Frontliners from Metro Pacific hospitals and government hospitals alike receive daily meals from Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and Tulong Kapatid, the corporate social responsibility alliance of foundations and companies under the MVP Group of Companies, as a show of support for their...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno We in the city of Manila are indeed very fortunate and still blessed to be ahead of so many challenges being hurled our way by the ongoing pandemic. Last March 25, I signed Ordinance 8739...
The Board of Investments (BOI) does not see any problem is the proposed executive order that will extend by three years for a total of 9 years the compliance period for CARS Program participants. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo, who is also BOI managing head, the EO is...
With healthcare workers being prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccination, even pregnant ones have been approved to received this immunization effort. Photo from Unsplash News has been circulating that a expectant healthcare worker in Florida, USA, received the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine when she was 36...
Residents of Sumalo, Bataan are again facing eviction after their municipal government sought to put a 200-hectare privately-owned property there under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). This is despite a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that says the property, owned by Riverforest...
Coca-Cola believes that improving women’s economic conditions enables the creation of more empowered communities. In 2010, the beverage company made a global commitment to empower 5 million women across its value chain by 2020. Today, on International Women’s Day, Coca-Cola announced that it...
About 70 percent of Philippine fishing grounds are currently overfished. If this continues, future generations won’t have fish to eat. Limiting our catch is one way to preserve marine biodiversity and to save the livelihood of almost two million Filipino fisherfolk. If everyone collects...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, March 14, expressed hope there would be no more “dropping of the ball” and that all negotiations of the government on COVID-19 vaccine procurement would push through and at a faster speed especially at this point in time. Sen. Panfilo Lacson (Albert...
Photos uploaded by Lanton Elementary School (LES) show students, some in uniform, assisting other pupils in learning their modules at home. The activity is part of the school’s peer-teaching programs dubbed “Kapitbahay ko, Sagot ko” and “Ka-Math bahay ko, Ka-Math turuan ko,” both of which...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has laid down a policy allowing “one-year banking” of credits that an end-user may claim under the net metering program in the renewable energy (RE) sector. Under the proposed ‘banking of net metering credits’ as institutionalized under DOE Circular No....
