Priests in the Archdiocese of Manila will have their reshuffle in November. Fr. Jerome Secillano (Screengrab/Radio Veritas FB) Fr. Jerome Secillano of the Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Parish in Manila said the announcement of the reshuffle will be made in October. "The re-shuffling is in...
The United Print and Multimedia Group (UPMG) paid a courtesy call and their officers took their oath as media practitioners before Speaker of the House Rep. Martin Romualdez. Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) administers the Oath Taking of new set of officers of the United Print & Multimedia...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos received his booster shot against Covid-19 on Wednesday, Aug. 17. (Screenshot from Sandro Marcos's Facebook) (Screenshot from Sandro Marcos's Facebook) He did so while accompanying his father, President Ferdinand...
MaArte at The Pen is back! Since its inception in Feb. 2009, MaArte has evolved to become an event that highlights Filipino craftsmanship in every art form possible. In 2017, it found its home in The Peninsula Manila. MaArte at The Pen might have been on hold during the pandemic, but it’s...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday, Aug. 16 said that Metro Manila’s Covid-19 daily positivity rate has been “trending downward” since the first week of August. “The seven-day positivity rate in the NCR (National Capital Region) was 16.1...
Lines and patterns come to life in Janos Delacruz’s latest exhibit ‘Pag-ibig at Lumbay’ Through its beki lingo, the LGBTQIA+ Community over the years has added color to our local conversations. We hear the “ charot ” at the end of every remark to make sure what was said was just a joke,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In the prior episode leading to today’s Gospel, a rich young man approaches Jesus and asks him, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” (Mt 19:16). This is the same as asking, “What good must I do to enter the Kingdom of heaven?” or “How can I be saved?”...
Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda raised concern over the use of Public - Private Partnerships (PPPs) in implementing the controversial No-Contact Apprehension Program (NCAP) by several local government units (LGUs), particularly Metro Manila. Local officials lead the unveiling and inspection of...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group has observed that the seven-day Covid-19 growth rate in Metro Manila has decreased to -1 percent as of Aug. 14, which could be the beginning of a downtrend in infections in the central region. In an update shared on Twitter on...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus (Nov. 1, 1950), Pope Pius XII declared as a divinely revealed dogma “that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory” (n...
After two years of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, a simple in-person ceremony marked the 55th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the ASEAN headquarters in Jakarta last Aug. 8. With a population of 662 million and a combined Gross Domestic Product of...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said that the Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has decreased to 16.4 percent, which could be an indication that the current wave of infections has already peaked. In an update on Twitter on Sunday, Aug....
