Proud to be Filipino! What a night of celebrating local music, heritage, and all things Filipino! All roads led to the Fiesta Pavilion of the historic Manila Hotel last July 25 for the Philippine Heritage Society (PHS) Ball and 2022 Filipino Heritage Awards. Guests arrived at the reception area...
Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro was reelected by the Muntinlupa City Council as the president of the Philippine Councilors' League (PCL) Muntinlupa City Chapter during the election held after the regular session on Aug. 1. As president, Corro will represent Muntinlupa at the national level, which...
The top official of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) reiterated on Monday, August 1 that nuclear power could offer the country with the cleanest source of power at a lesser cost. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour...
To alleviate the stress brought by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Abra on July 27, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided psychological first aid (PFA) to over 700 individuals in Abra and Ilocos Sur, 216 of them are children. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) According to PRC, PFA is being given by trained...
The local stock market kicked off August by managing to end flat after recovering from a drop earlier in the day. The main index was lower by just 3.90 points or 0.06 percent to close at 6,312.03 although sectoral indices were evenly mixed. A total of 434 million shares worth P5.16 billion changed...
Senator Cynthia Villar wants to place the Philippine (Benham) Rise under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in order to monitor and maintain the high biodiversity and pristine habitats in the Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve (PMRR). Legislation of the PMRR, Villar...
ONE-hundred eighty-two cases of smuggled cigarettes loaded in a ‘jungkong’ were intercepted by Navy and Customs personnel off Balod Island in Sulu Sunday, July 31. (Navy photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Naval Forces Western Mindanao and Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled an attempt to smuggle more...
The death of former President Fidel V. Ramos on Sunday, July 31, reverberated throughout the uniformed service as tributes continued to pour in for him. The Philippine flag in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City flies at half-staff on Aug. 1, 2022 as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) grieves over...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has directed its offices as well as schools nationwide to ensure that Philippine flags are flown at half-mast in honor of former president Fidel V. Ramos (FVR). Former president Fidel V. Ramos (REUTERS /Romeo Ranoco /MANILA BULLETIN) DepEd said that the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye At 171 years and counting, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) - the country’s and Asia’s first bank – continues to lead in the banking and financial industry. BPI is marking this milestone with an anniversary mass this morning to be officiated by the Most Rev....
Meralco put an end to the series of playoff nightmares at the hands of Barangay Ginebra, this time escaping with a nail-biting 106-104 victory in Game 3 of their best-of-three quarterfinals duel in the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Sunday, July 31. Photo from PBA The Bolts...
This week, the local stock market will be waiting for the June inflation rate announcement and some large cap corporate earnings results, although volume may be affected with the start of the Chinese Ghost Month. “The local market is expected to move sideways as investors wait for catalysts. In...
