HISTORY IN A STAMP 2023 National Heritage Month Stamps launch To mark the celebration of 2023 National Heritage Month (NHM), the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) has unveiled a new set of commemorative stamps featuring eight different heritage structures and historic sites associated with...
Sinigang na baboy Watching the live coverage of the official visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. brought back memories of another president, another US visit—President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ state visit to Washington in 1982. It was a very interesting time for political analysts and...
Pancit Lucban Despite its relatively small land mass, the Philippines is extensively segmented into administrative divisions of 17 regions, 81 provinces, 148 cities, 1,486 municipalities, and 42,029 barangays. This aspect of the Southeast Asian country makes Filipino culture so diverse while...
TARLAC – Ira Alido moved on the threshold of a second Philippine Golf Tour win with an eagle-spiked 67, pulling ahead of the stellar pack as Frankie Miñoza holed out with a bogey for a 71 in a furious third round battle that saw the surge of a mix of veterans in the ICTSI Luisita Championship...
Committed investments registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) in April this year reached P20.566 billion, jumping by 162.37 percent from P7.834 billion in April 2022, and bringing total investments in the first four months to P33.094 billion, or 107.15 percent higher versus...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the country is slowly recovering from its previous economic slump after posting a 6.4-percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in the first quarter of the year. Marcos expressed this through a social media post on Thursday, May 11....
Vaccines save lives. President of the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) Southern Tagalog Chapter Dr. Maria Carolisa Pontanilla on Thursday, May 11, said they have been receiving reports that some doctors are advising their patients not to get vaccinated. To counter this, Pontanilla explained that...
Health organizations declare their support for the Department of Health’s (DOH) month-long supplementary immunization activities, stressing that vaccination strengthens children’s immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Health) The Philippine Pediatric...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed a bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and enhancing its capabilities to better protect the country’s maritime resources. Go said Senate Bill No. 2112 aims to improve the capacity of the PCG as it seeks to provide it with...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) received a property lot with an estimated value of P50 million from Ayala Land, Inc. to be utilized as the second headquarters of the PRC Cavite Chapter in the province. Ayala Land, Inc. president and CEO, Bobby O. Dy, officially turns over the 859.34 square meters of...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A nurse advocate who is also a high-ranking official of a nurse association in Northern Mindanao said that "there's nothing wrong for (new) nurses to serve the country for one year." Fatima Tanzo, governor of Philippine Nurses Association Inc.-Region 10, stressed that serving...
The Philippine women’s volleyball suffered a straight-set beating at the hands of Vietnam, 20-25, 17-25, 19-25 in the group stage at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on Wednesday, May 10, at the Indoor Olympic Stadium in Cambodia. The Filipinas couldn’t ride the momentum of their dominant opening...
