From May 29 to June 29, 2021, the Philippine Botanical Art Society (PhilBAS) together with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be featuring over a hundred botanical artworks in an online exhibit entitled “Philippine Flora: An Online Botanical Art Exhibition.” This includes...
Voting 23-0, the Senate approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to expand and improve government protection for children against online sexual abuse and exploitation. The senators passed Senate Bill No. 2209, also known as the proposed Special Protections Against Online Sexual Abuse...
CALAMBA, Laguna - A 31-year-old eco-tourism entrepreneur is taking her passion for cooking to another level by introducing Filipino culture and cuisine online to foreigners. Through a popular lodging and tourism platform, travel agency owner Ailyn Magno offers an online experience called...
Over the past week, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. blocked over 5,800 links with child sex abuse materials on the more difficult content-level. This was on top of at least 3,000 domains they have cut access to in their battle against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children...
A huge debt brought by addiction to online sabong or cockfighting prompted a Quezon City cop to rob a courier company in Bulacan province, police bared Tuesday. Lt. Col. Omar Fiel, chief of police of San Ildefonso town, made the revelation following the arrest of 22-year-old Corporal Moises Yango...
Amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has announced that the second quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) will be held virtually on June 10. The second quarter online National...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar ordered all police commanders to launch a crackdown on all the illegal cockfighting operations, popularly known as tupada, in the country amid reports of the prevalence of the illegal gambling game despite the threat of the...
The Philippines should join the growing list of countries mandating the registration of pre-paid subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to put an end to the prevalence of deceptive modus and online scams, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday. “Hangga’t walang batas na magpaparusa sa mga...
An energy official from the European Union (EU) has underscored the need for inclusivity in pursuing Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) in the Philippines, particularly outside of Luzon. (Photo from DOE Facebook page) “In this time of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, it is...
Living in a foreign country is a different experience for everyone. For Christian Facun, 41, and his wife Marilou Santos-Facun, 37, living in Rome, Italy have made them experience celebrating special occasions alone due to clashing work schedules. Sometimes, they would accidentally meet in...
IMUS CITY, Cavite - The city government here has started the distribution of 3,275 computer tablets and other education paraphernalia to senior high school students in the city. The distribution of tablets to parents of Grade 11 students started on Thursday (May 20) while Grade 12 students are set...
Don’t miss your chance to catch some of the great works at the highly anticipated art fair ongoing right now in both physical and digital space GETTING PHYSICAL Visitors exploring the Art Basel Hong Kong 2021 show floor, with Ben Brown Fine Arts' installation of José Parlá work in the...
