The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) officially resumed face-to-face classes on Monday, Nov. 29, after more than a year of holding online classes. A select group of BS Physical Therapy students were allowed for the first time since March 2020 in the PLM campus in Intramuros, Manila. (PLM...
From Japan to the Philippines, optical chain Owndays opens its 56 th store in Okada, which happens to be the world’s only Japanese-owned integrated resort. These two valuable brands team up to provide a unique optical experience to their customers. Owndays boasts of its simple and quick price...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso earned the support of Angkas riders and members of the Young Entrepreneurs Supporting Isko Moreno (YES ISKO) for his presidential bid in the 2022 elections. (Photo courtesy of Ikaw Muna Media/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Angkas riders and YES ISKO members...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has called for stricter border controls in the country to prevent the entry of the highly-transmissible new COVID-19 variant Omicron. “Kailangan na vigilant, kailangan strict implementation of our border control. When I say strict, it goes for...
South Korean firms have invested P53.982 billion, generated $1.095 billion and provided 42,675 jobs to Filipinos in various economic zones in the country to date, according to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). PEZA Director General Charito “Ching” Plaza revealed this as she...
Ylang-ylang ( Cananga odorata ), also referred to as the cananga tree, is a tropical tree native to the Philippines. It bears star-shaped, yellow blooms used to make essential oils and other products. A farm that grows this tree is EA Real Agrofarm, a 3.3-hectare natural farm in Real, San Luis,...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to retain the classification of Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) under alert level 2 amid concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "The Inter-Agency Task...
If there’s one realization this global pandemic has confirmed, it is that serviced residences have become an alternative not just for the traveling business set, but for anyone needing extended leisure stays away from home. Whatever pre-2020 notion one might have had of these home-away-from-home...
The threat of the new Omicron variant has been taken into account in the government's potential declaration of areas in the country under alert level 1--the most lenient classification under the Alert Level System (ALS) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced the reimplementation of the number coding scheme in the National Capital Region (NCR) within this week. This came after the majority of the Metro mayors already signed a resolution bringing back the coding scheme, which will be...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno It is so fortunate that this past week finally saw the arrival of the two new kinds of medicines that I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna have ordered months ago for the purpose of saving more lives as COVID-19 continues to be in our midst. First to arrive were the...
Taiwanese investments in the Philippines have reached P32.3 billion and generated 40,000 jobs, even as more Taiwanese firms have expressed keen interest to invest in the country once the pandemic is further mitigated, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) said. TECO Head of Mission Michael...
