Senator Christopher "Bong" Go said on Saturday, Sept. 16, that he highly trusts that Vice President Sara Duterte can implement the programs of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) without wasting any public funds. This in relation to the OVP's confidential...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Luke 6:43-49 Jesus said to his disciples: “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS A week into turning 33, I have well had a few days to reflect on what I think this coming year will bring about, and what it will eventually come to mean to my life. Of course, these are simply conjectures and hypotheses based on the now. If there is anything the past...
REFLECTIONS TODAY As Jesus hangs on the cross, his mother stands by him along with other women. There is no mention of her name. She is always addressed as “woman” in John’s Gospel. But we know it is Mary. When Jesus notices her presence at the foot of the cross, he says, in effect,...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The House Committee on Appropriations is willing to consider the Office of the Ombudsman's suggestion to do away with the publication requirement for Commission on Audit (COA) audit reports. Committee chairman...
Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has told the House Committee on Appropriations that the 2022 release of contingent funds by the Office of the President (OP) to the Office...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, September 14, shot back against Vice President Sara Duterte saying she doesn’t need her respect, only her response to questions on her office’s use of confidential funds in 2022. Hontiveros made this response after the vice president singled...
The Indonesian Embassy in Manila held the Indonesia Expo 2023, which took place for four days at the Music Hall SM Mall of Asia in Panay City from Aug. 18 to 21. Apart from the Indonesia Expo 2023, the Philippines business delegation will also visit the 38th Trade Expo Indonesia at ICE BSD City,...
Josh Boutwood and Jorge Mendez It’s nothing short of a dream for the foodie if Manila’s superchefs pair up to come up with a dish together! Think of Margarita Forés and Jordy Navarra as a tag team, or Nicco Santos and Miko Calo. There’s also Stephan Duhesme becoming a duo with Don Baldosano...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-four soldiers in the Visayas have been awarded for gallantry. LT. Gen. Benedict Arevalo (center), commander of the Visayas command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), awards soldiers for gallantry. (Army 3rd ID) Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of...
MALUNGON, Sarangani – Residents and business entrepreneurs from this municipality can now pay for dues to the local government faster online through the digital payment facility of the Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank). MALUNGON Mayor Maria Theresa Constantino (second from right), Vice...
Israel has presented a theater performance in Manila dedicated to the late Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) secretary Susan "Toots" Ople and to the many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) across the globe. The Israeli Embassy in Manila coordinated with Israeli improvisation or improv group Duda...
