Apart from creating awe-inspiring designs that celebrate Filipino heritage, it has been the mission of Zarah Juan to use her talent and her platform for a greater cause. She doesn’t want her bags to be just a mirror of local culture, she wants them to be a tool that will provide solutions to some...
ILOILO CITY – South Korea recently inspected a greenhouse project at the Department of Agriculture Western Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research Center (WESVIARC) here. Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 Regional Director Dennis Arpia said First Secretary Lee Jeoung Bin of the South Korean...
Metallic is among this year’s top fashion trends. Local and international fashion designers put their twist on the glimmering style using the lushest materials, from brocade and lamé fabrics to crystal embellishment and all sorts of beadwork. But for this social enterprise, metallic style can be...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways-La Union First District Engineering Office has completed two significant projects worth P58 million in this province. THE Baroro River flood mitigation project in Barangay Santa Rosa, San Juan, La Union. (Photo via...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reported that a P95.5-million flood control project in Barangay Masgad, Malimono, Surigao de Norte is 90 percent complete. DPWH-13 (Caraga) Regional Director Engr. Pol M. delos Santos, in his progress report to DPWH Secretary...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has lifted the suspension on the trading of the shares of SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) on Friday, Dec. 1, after the firm reported that its public float has been raised to 20.02 percent to meet the minimum public ownership requirement of 20 percent. ...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez on Tuesday, November 28, said Japanese consultants are interested in helping address flooding here. “They’re going around the city trying to identify the best solutions for our flood,” Benitez said in a press briefing. BENITEZ...
ILOILO CITY – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) announced that the three separate dams of the multi-billion mega dam project in Iloilo province have been structurally completed. THE Jalaur High Dam, the biggest of the three dams being built in Calinog town, Iloilo province....
CEBU CITY – Two families were the recent beneficiaries of the “Libre Alagad ug Balay” (LAB) project of the Bohol Police Provincial Office (BPPO) in Catigbian, Bohol. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado leads the turnover of a newly constructed house to a family in Barangay Maitum, Catigbian, Bohol as...
Paris promised, so Marrakech must deliver. Oh, maybe Bonn, or Katowice, or Madrid will deliver. Oops, let’s try this again. Paris promised, and Glasgow will deliver. Still, no? Okay, Sharm El-Sheikh will deliver. Okay, maybe this time we’ll get it right; Dubai must deliver. It seems like...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing to seek assistance from Japan or two other international financial institutions to bankroll three major railways project in Luzon and Mindanao. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said Japan, through its Japan International Cooperation Agency...
For over a decade, Project Wheelchair has been helping Filipinos with special health needs live their best lives through its initiative. Its mission continues to this day as it gathers noted Filipino chefs to support its goals through a charity dinner to be held on Nov. 19 at the Champagne Room of...
