Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda pressed for an enhanced preservation of the Philippines’ cultural assets through increased participation and involvement of local government and communities in cultural mapping activities. Legarda, chairman of the Senate Committee on Culture and the...
To improve the collections, programs, and services being offered by the local library, librarians and staff of the Pasig City Library conducted benchmarking activities at the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) and the Manila City Library on Tuesday, Feb. 7. National Library of the...
In Tourism and Hospitality National Skills Competition In the recent 2 nd Council of Hotel and Restaurant Educators of the Philippines (COHREP) National Skills Competition, Centro Escolar University School of Nutrition and Hospitality Management students bagged numerous awards. This year, the theme...
(PAGASA OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) will lead the nation in the celebration of the 30th National Astronomy Week (NAW). Observed every third week of February under the Presidential Proclamation No. 130, s. 1993,...
The Makati City local government launched on Tuesday, Feb. 7, a revolutionary art exhibit aimed at combining the elegance and beauty of art and sophistication of technology made by Filipino artists in celebration of the National Arts Month. Dubbed as "Paint to Pixel," the launch of the art exhibit...
The country's unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in December 2022 as against 6.6 percent in December 2021, but the full-year unemployment rate remained below its pre-pandemic average, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Based on the PSA report on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has encouraged the public to pay the "correct amount" of taxes on time, saying it is crucial to the country's economic recovery. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) "I encourage the public to pay the correct amount of taxes on time to...
National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) has closed its fifth securitization exercise called “BALAI Shelter Compliance ABS” involving total issuance worth around P715.152 million. Securitized is a portion of the socialized housing loan portfolio NHMFC acquired from the Home...
The House Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday, Feb. 7, began its initial deliberation on the proposed Blue Economy Act that seeks to establish a framework to sustainably develop, manage, and protect the Philippines’ marine and water resources. A file photo of Scarborough Shoal taken during...
A geospatial database of the country’s natural resources will be created through a signed partnership between the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). "PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr., Ph.D. (second to the right) and...
To combat the anticipated “lull” in Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration and to help struggling Filipinos comply with the law, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will conduct another set of facilitated registration in selected remote areas this week. SIM cards...
There are still 139,602,248 unregistered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the Philippines based on the latest tally issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). The mandatory registration, which will end on April 26, 2023, seeks to end cybercrimes such as the rampant mobile...
