In Tourism and Hospitality National Skills Competition In the recent 2 nd Council of Hotel and Restaurant Educators of the Philippines (COHREP) National Skills Competition, Centro Escolar University School of Nutrition and Hospitality Management students bagged numerous awards. This year, the theme...
The Giving Cafe (TGC), a social enterprise that works with coffee farmers to make the value chain more equitable and transparent, launched Proud Liberica, four syrups made from byproducts of the Liberica (aka barako) coffee tree. Proud Liberica is a brand currently composed of four...
An inter-agency monitoring team has named the most child-friendly barangays in Muntinlupa. The Muntinlupa Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) Inter-Agency Monitoring Team conducted the 2022 BCPC Assessment covering all nine barangays in the city. The Muntinlupa BCPC Inter-Agency...
Pretty You Café was launched over the weekend in Mandaluyong City to complement the services of Pretty You Aesthetic Clinic. People drink coffee for a number of reasons: to savor its inviting aroma and taste, to boost their energy levels, and also as a means to relax and socialize. Pretty You CEO...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL DR. JUN YNARES Education Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte did the unexpected recently: give the nation an agency report that showed the true picture of the state of the country’s education system rather than do the standard practice of heaping platitudes on supposed...
Today marks the 63rd birth anniversary of Benigno S. Aquino III, 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines. PNoy, as he preferred to be called, passed away on June 24, 2021, amid a still-rampant coronavirus pandemic. Feb. 8 used to be observed as Philippine Constitution Day as it was the...
THE RIGHT MOVE Following the deluge of text scams and other cybercrimes perpetrated through telecommunications channels last year, the implementation of the SIM Card Registration Act has been in full swing. But after having appeased the hundreds of complainants from all across the country during...
Malacañang on Tuesday, Feb. 7, named new appointees of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) and the Office of the President (OP). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (File photo/MANILA BULLETIN) The Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Faculty Regent Carl Marc Ramota called for an investigation into the "serious lapses" in the protocol of the arrest of UP Professor and ex-union leader, Dr. Melania Flores. "University of the Philippines (UP) professor and former union leader Melania...
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. and Indian Ambassador Shambhu Kumaran signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Tuesday, Feb. 7, granting the Philippine government $50,000 each for its quick impact projects. In a press briefing, Abalos...
Small Filipino savers wanting to take a piece of the government’s retail Treasury bond (RTB) sale would earn higher interest rates than prevailing market rates. The Bureau of the Treasury launched on Tuesday, Feb. 7, the government’s new 5.5 year RTB, raising an initial P162.2 billion as total...
Water is not something we “value” on a daily basis unless we turn on the faucet and nothing drops out of it. Suddenly, we realize that having no water is not only inconvenient, but also life threatening. All our lives, water is abundant and we use it without limitations; but what if one day we...
