ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. opened the 18th National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) in Passi City, Iloilo province on Monday, December 11. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (center) takes his oath as Chief Boy Scout of the Philippines during the opening of...
Voting 22-0, the Senate on Monday, December 11 approved on third and final reading the bill that would waive the entrance examination fees in private higher educational institutions (HEIs) for disadvantaged graduates or graduating students who show academic potential. The Senate...
The Senate has ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. In his sponsorship speech, Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said the bicameral conference report affirmed an increase of...
Stressing that scouting plays a vital role in fostering leadership among the youth, President Marcos told scouts to be agents of change and contribute to nation building. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the opening of the 18th National Scout Jamboree at the Pintados de Passi Camp in...
The University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) will host the inaugural UPAA President’s Golf Cup on Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong City. According to UPAA President and UP Alumni Regent Robert Lester Aranton, this golf tournament is a unique...
The bicameral conference committee on Monday, December 11, has drafted the final version of the proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024. The bicameral conference committee report on the 2024 General Appropriations Bill has been approved by the Senate and House...
FROM THE MARGINS People often say that knowledge is power. This is true, but I believe that real power lies in the sharing of knowledge for the benefit of many. This is important, especially for the microfinance sector which targets vulnerable groups that usually do not have sufficient...
REFLECTIONS TODAY “Blasphemy” refers to the abusive or contemptuous language directed towards God. In the Jewish tradition, blasphemies include human arrogance, implied attacks on God’s salvific power (2 Kgs 19:4), his glory (Ez 35:13), or his people (2 Mc 15:24). It is a sin punishable by...
Senators on Sunday, December 10 strongly condemned the latest water cannon attack of Chinese ships on a Philippine government vessel in the West Philippine Sea that were providing supplies to Filipino fishermen near Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal. “This time, China not only caused...
The Estate Makati is a unique building rising at the heart of the famous Apartment Ridge along Ayala Avenue. It is the first architectural venture in the Philippines for Sir Norman Foster, one of the world’s most iconic architects and founder of Foster + Partners. Forging...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Mk 1:1-8 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight...
PEACE-MAKER On Dec. 8, 2021, we in the 350-member International Conference of Political Parties (ICAPP) conducted a special conference on climate change, as our modest collective contribution in the battle against climate change. Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary General of the United Nations,...
