Inaugural Philippine FinTech Festival highlights need for cross-border collaboration With the ASEAN digital economy poised to reach a value of $1 trillion by 2030, Digital Pilipinas showcases the Philippines as a “soft haven” for global innovators. During the recent Digital Pilipinas Festival...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada got a roasting from netizens after he suggested banning Korean telenovelas or dramas in the Philippines. Estrada made his comments during the budget hearing of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) on Oct. 18. (Clockwise from top left) Senator Jinggoy...
The Covid-19 cases in the Philippines could hit 18,000 per day by Nov. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) warned on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Current projections of the DOH indicate that cases may hit 2,400 cases per day to as high as 18,000 by the middle of November. “We have new projections where it...
France and the Philippines will be celebrating their 75th year of diplomatic relations by featuring events focused on arts, culture, film and gastronomy. The celebration of the two countries' diplomatic anniversary will run for four months. It will feature by art exhibits, film festivals, ballet...
The Philippines can count on the US in terms of withstanding the economic hardship caused by the weakening of the peso against the dollar, the US envoy to the Philippines said Monday. Ambassador MaryKay Carlson said the US will "continue to be a committed partner for the Philippines on the whole...
Have you ever been stuck in heavy traffic or caught in the middle of a kilometric queue to an Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station? Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) If so, you should know that Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos hopes that the Philippines would one day...
The Philippines, as the world’s largest supplier of seafarers, plays an important role in assuring the stability of global logistics, considering that around 80 percent of world trade and commerce is accomplished through sea freight. Filipino seafarers, numbering around 229,000, comprise about 25...
DOH The daily number of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines remained over 2,000 on Sunday, Oct. 16, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, a total of 2,321 more coronavirus infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours. These cases raised the number of active...
The difference between gossip and history, according to a research at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, is documentation THE 70-YEAR REIGN Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022 ) was the longest reigning British monarch (Portrait by Cecil Beaton) It’s been over a month since the...
APPETIZERS Before hoke lunch, and before scallops lunch Japan has just recently reopened its borders to foreign travelers in tour groups. One cannot imagine the eagerness of people to get out and travel. To me, Japan has become what Hong Kong used to be to us Pinoys. For everyone who wanted to...
The Philippines has urged UNESCO to continue with its functions despite challenges brought by COVID-19, especially by investing in quality education and focusing on other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Philippine Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate of the Philippines to UNESCO...
DOH All regions in the country are at high risk for a possible measles outbreak due to low vaccine coverage, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) warned. Measles and rubella cases in the Philippines are on an “upward trend,” said DOH Epidemiology Bureau Director Dr. Alethea De Guzman...
