The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now pushing to further expand the minimum access volume (MAV) allocation on pork to 404,210 metric tons (MT) from the current 54,000 MT, a proposal that has already been sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for approval. On Tuesday (Feb. 16), Agriculture Secretary...
CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas (Part 1) As one of the members of the Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution, I am lending my voice to the clamor of some sectors led by House Speaker Lord Allan Q. Velasco to amend the restrictive economic provisions of this fundamental...
CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas (Part 3) How do we combat the evils of consumerism? The major faiths, whether Islam, Christianity, or Hinduism, have a common response: know how to tame or discipline your body, your excessive desire for material comfort. There is no alternative to...
Old problems require new solutions and for Kapuso Jasmine Curtis-Smith, the age-old problem of piracy movies is now her dilemma for "Midnight In A Perfect World." Jasmine aired her concerns in an Interview with GMA Network.com. "It is really sad and I really hope we get a point wherein film piracy...
Heaps of praise continued to pour for Bren Esports as Leyte representative Lucy Torres-Gomez filed on Tuesday, February 2, a resolution honoring the decorated esports organization for winning the recently concluded M2 World Championship held in Singapore. Celebrity-turned-politician...
CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas (Part II) An antidote (not the only one) to the rise of consumerism is Catholic Social Doctrine. From the beginning of the modern Catholic social thought in the pathbreaking encyclical of Pope Leo XIII entitled Rerum Novarum (A New Order) in 1892, popes...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is continuing its pandemic response efforts with its food assistance program for families in the poorest districts of Tondo having reached 55,000 kilos of staple goods. The program, which distributes goods weekly to families since the health crisis struck in March last...
Photo from Lusty's Facebook page Is Allan "Lusty" Castromayor calling it a day after winning the M2 Mobile Legends World Championship with Bren Esports? The seasoned tank player gave a subtle hint at retirement when he answered a question from one of the M2 hosts during the post-grand finals...
People wearing face masks stand next to a display of the Olympic Rings in Tokyo on October 20, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Florida's chief financial officer on Monday told the International Olympic Committee that the state would be happy to host the Olympics Games amid speculation that...
Photo from Ribo's Facebook page Without a doubt, CJ "Ribo" Ribo is now the winningest Mobile Legends: Bang Bang professional player in the world. The veteran sidelaner of Bren Esports just added the M2 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship to his huge collection of trophies on Sunday...
Photo from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Facebook page Bren Esports ace carry Karl Gabriel "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno has always been vocal of his dream of becoming the best Mobile Legends: Bang Bang player in the world. On Sunday evening, he made it a reality. KarlTzy powered Bren to a thrilling 4-3...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI)'s Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA) in Ecuador recently handled the first carbon-neutral container shipment in the world. CGSA's logistics process employed environment-friendly supply chain players, from the export to the port and distribution. Carbon...
