Choosing a healthcare provider can be challenging, but it becomes even more difficult when you need to find one you can trust to care for your children. Typically, parents consider the following factors when selecting the best hospital for their kids — expertise, patient and family-centered...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has energized 100-megavolt ampere (MVA) Toril power transformer in Mindanao, a component of the P10.56 billion substation upgrading project-phase 2 being pursued in the southernmost power grid. According to the company, the Toril...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, June 7, warned that changing the words to "perfect" a bill that has been approved on third and final reading might amount to a crime. Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III during the plenary deliberations on the proposed Maharlika...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL On Monday next week, June 12, the nation will mark its 125th Independence Day. We join our fellow Filipinos as we celebrate this important date in our history with the theme “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, Kasaysayan” (Freedom, Future, History.) We laud the National Historical...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The Sadducees (Hebrew Sĕdûqîm) did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, nor in heaven, nor in immortality, nor in angels or evil spirits, nor in unseen realities. By presenting the case of a woman married to seven brothers, they tried to demean the value of the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be issuing a circular to outline the audit parameters on the performance of system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as a concessionaire of the country’s power transmission network. On the sidelines of the ongoing Philippine Onshore...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Tuesday, June 6, said that three notices to airmen are currently up due to the alerts raised on Mayon, Taal and Kanlaon volcanoes. *CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio (Screenshot taken from PTV’s Facebook Live) * In a “Laging Handa”...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Mark 12:13-17 Mark narrates the strategy of the Jewish authorities who send some Pharisees and Herodians to ensnare Jesus in his speech. They have become so insecure of the presence of Jesus who is gaining more followers. They question Jesus, “Is it lawful to pay the...
Israel and the Philippines will share best practices on environmental protection and provide training for each others' experts and scientists as the two countries pursue another area of cooperation on their 65th year of diplomatic relations. Israeli Foreign Minister Eliyahu Cohen and Department of...
Israel on Monday announced the expansion of its embassy in the Philippines as the two countries mark their 65th year of diplomatic relations. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated the new offices of the embassy as he visited Manila for a two-day stay, which included a series of diplomatic...
FROM THE MARGINS Most of us are familiar with loan sharks or “5-6” informal lenders that the poor resort to because they have limited access to finance. Traditional financial institutions usually consider the poor risky borrowers, possessing neither the credit score nor the collateral needed...
REFLECTIONS TODAY This parable can also be retitled, “The Parable of the Generous Farmer.” The farmer symbolizes God the Father, sowing love in planting a vineyard, ensuring its growth by digging a pit for the winepress, monitoring safety and productivity by building a watchtower and a...
