As the Philippines celebrated the 49th World Environment Day yesterday (June 5), Senator Cynthia A. Villar encouraged everyone to be responsible and passionate to contribute and inspire others to do their own part in healing Mother Earth. Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on environment...
K-pop boy band The Boyz are currently on their “The Boyz World Tour: The B-Zone” in the US but a member is skipping the Atlanta leg due to health reasons. IST Entertainment, The Boyz’s agency, announced that member Q will be absent from the Atlanta concert. The Boyz member Q (Twitter) The...
A World Bank study recommending reforms in the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) has found that the state-run firm’s current approach to agricultural insurance neither provides value for money to taxpayers nor adequate protection to farmers. The PCIC is also “very exposed to catastrophe...
As part of the “World Bicycle Day” celebration, around 500 cyclists in Quezon City participated in a bike run conducted by the Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) - Green Transport Office on Friday, June 3. The local government said on Saturday, June 4, that the participants include...
PH Embassy in Pretoria participates in World Food Festival EAT’S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES Philippine Ambassador to South Africa Noralyn Jubaira Baja (5 th from left) with heads of missions of participating embassies in the World Food Festival The Philippine Embassy in Pretoria is one of the...
Nonito Donaire is keeping a laser-sharp focus ahead of his highly-touted rematch against unified bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue ahead of their June 7 unification bout at the Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Unified bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (left), owner of super WBA and IBF belts, and WBC...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS In a world that can be many different things – from kind to cruel; harsh to harmonious; nurturing, war-stricken, depressing, happy; pessimistic, but hopeful; the list goes on – there is one thing I am confident about. Cliché, but true, the only constant in this world is...
Sheila Lirio Marcelo and Kevin Yang, through Metacrafters.io, are offering up the opportunity to learn to code for Web3 while earning at the same time SQURE ROOT In the cover is centerpiece of the stage of the Metacrafters launch event Learning through play is a concept we all grew up with. From...
WORKERS ride bicycles to and from work in Iloilo City which is touted as one of the country’s ‘bike-friendly’ cities. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A multi-sector team has started gathering data on bike usage in this city which coincided with the commemoration of World Bicycle Day Friday, June...
Donnie Nietes has set sights on reclaiming the World Boxing Organization junior bantamweight title when he takes on reigning champion Kazuto Ioka next month. Donnie Nietes (Probellum) Probellum confirmed on Wednesday, June 1 that the Nietes-Ioka rematch will finally materialize at the Ota City...
A trip to the palengke but make it fashion! It is an understatement to say that Filipinos are big pageant fans. We love pageants—the spirit of the coronation night, ladies in beautiful dresses, and all that jazz. And beauty candidates know how to build that energy leading to the pageant’s...
An eight-month campaign rallying for smoke-free beaches, parks, and tourist destinations in Boracay Island and Aklan was launched on Tuesday, May 31, coinciding with the celebration of World No Tobacco Day. NO SMOKING (PIXABAY) Such was launched by the Department of Health (DOH) in cooperation with...
