Head coach Tom Thibodeau of the New York Knicks reacts against the Atlanta Hawks during game four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at State Farm Arena on May 30, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) New York Knicks head coach...
Peace talks with the communist rebels will not prevail if they would not stop the atrocities against troops and other people, President Duterte declared Monday. President Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City on June 7, 2021. (Malacañang) The President issued the statement after...
Spring/summer 2021, 10 years later, is nostalgia season, so I’m back in New York in 2011 when, surrounded by the likes of Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Michael Douglas, Emma Watson, and Anjelica Huston, I met the designer who spoke highly of Filipinos IN BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY A woman tries to...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year and the NCR went under ECQ (and subsequently, GCQ), I sympathized with MERALCO and it’s pronouncement to put a moratorium on their disconnecting customers with overdue, unpaid bills....
Harry Potter flagship store in New York No need for a Hogwarts acceptance letter, a train ride at King's Cross, or go through a secret passage to Diagon Alley as everyone can now step into the Wizarding World with the opening of the Harry Potter flagship store in New York. Located at the Flatiron...
A Filipino missionary priest was appointed as the new bishop of the diocese of Daru-Kiunga in Papua New Guinea. Bishop-elect Joseph Tarife Durero (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE TO PNG AND SOLOMON ISLANDS) Bishop-elect Joseph Tarife Durero, 53, of the Society of Divine Word, was...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said passers of Civil Engineers Licensure Examinations from previous years until 2019 will have their online oathtaking on June 28. PRC/MB The Commission said the online oathtaking at 10 a.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Davao through Microsoft Teams or...
Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. elected its board members, led by former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Jose P. de Jesus as Chairman and Independent Director, during last week's Annual...
An estimated 1.6 million job opportunities will be created with household income substantially increased if the economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution are relaxed, a University of the Philippines (UP) researcher said Sunday, May 30. DILG Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (File photo courtesy of...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng If for Timon and Pumbaa in the Lion King, the Swahili phrase meant “No worries for the rest of your days”; that problem-free philosophy is not something we can deem applicable for these times. A mass vaccination program seems...
Let's talk about the CHED-proposed new normal for tertiary level education TECH TEACH A teacher answers a call from a student in need of assistance on distance learning through a hotline program, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Taguig City on October 7, 2020 (Photo by Eloisa Lopez | Edit by the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) inaugurated Friday, May 28, its new multi-purpose building with amenities for the use and well-being of its personnel. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo courtesy of PDEA) PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva said the four-storey...
