Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque hit back Saturday, Oct. 30 against the militant picketers who denounced his presence in New York in the United States (US). (Screenshot from BAYAN USA Facebook page) "We deplore the effort of militant groups to deliberately cause harm to innocent people in...
President Duterte has appointed Bernie Cruz as the new head of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Cruz, DAR's undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Office, replaced John Castrictiones, who resigned from his post for his aspiration to become a senator under the ruling...
President Duterte signed on Friday, Oct. 29 Proclamation No. 1236, which identifies the dates of regular holidays and special working and non-working days for the upcoming year of 2022. (Behnam Norouzi/ Unsplash) Under the directive, All Souls' Day (Nov. 2, Wednesday), Christmas eve (Dec. 24,...
AirAsia_2020_01_22_12_45_27 AirAsia Philippines remains "cautiously optimistic" on the strong return of the demand for air travel despite the discovery of a new strain of the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant. “Although the discovery of the more contagious variant of Delta is definitely not...
mactan_cebu_airport The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) are inaugurating Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA)'s new Corporate Building in Lapu-Lapu City, Oct. 28, 2021. Completed this March, the six-storey Corporate Building will...
Globe Telecom Inc. is pivoting away from its core business to become a digital solutions platform over the next five to 10 years, President and CEO Ernest Cu announced in the recent Makati Business Club virtual forum. To keep in pace with the speed of consumer digital adoption, the company is going...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque is back in New York City in the United States (US), this time to take part in a United Nations (UN) event. (Photos from Facebook/ Unsplash) Roque, in a virtual press conference with Malacañang reporters Tuesday, Oct. 26, gave the reason for his second...
Let's find out! When Bryan Boy posted on his stories that he's here in the Philippines, fans were ecstatic to get a chance to see him in person. And lucky for New Lounge CEO Rachelle Bravo, she got to hang out with him in her Shangri-la Fort branch last weekend. Rachelle reveals that Bryan's sister...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The information released last week by the Department of Justice on its review of 52 cases concerning drug war deaths confirms what most Filipinos believe and knew all along: The “nanlaban” narrative usually peddled by police doesn’t hold...
media Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), the private operator of LRT-1, received its twelfth brand-new 4th Generation (Gen-4) train set at its Baclaran Depot in Pasay Oct. 25, 2021. LRT-1’s newest trains will be deployed for revenue use by mid-2022, after undergoing complete safety checks,...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno As usual, it has been a very busy week for us in the city of Manila with three major activities highlighting it, among others. First off, I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna personally led the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the President Corazon Aquino...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Among the buzzwords of this pandemic era, when it comes to the arena of economic and commercial activity, you’ll find “pivoting,” “resilience” and “adaptability.” In particular, when those words are used in relation to FinTech and...