THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday announced the extension of the period of implementation of its assistance for workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
This after the House of Representatives and the Senate approved the proposed bill the day before extending the effectivity of the funding...
LOANS availed of by the Philippines from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are expected to hit $9.4 billion between 2021 and 2023 to increase its funds for infrastructure buildup and Covid-19 recovery programs.
In a briefing on Wednesday, ADB Country Director for the Philippines Kelly Bird announced that the...
CONGRESS has inched closer to sending to President Duterte for signing into law the final version of the proposed Financial Institution Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act, as endorsed by a bicameral conference committee that reconciled the Senate and House versions of the FIST Law.
Taking the Senate floor at Tuesday’s...
A FISCAL reform advocacy group has called on both chambers of Congress to reject the insertion of any amendments that are not found in either version of the Senate or the House of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill, a day after the House...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday announced that over 1,000 schools have been nominated for the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes.
In an interview with PTV, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said their regional directors have already nominated 1,114 schools for the said initiative, which will be implemented...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) celebrated its 85th anniversary with a fleet review and wing flyby joined by 63 air and naval assets on Wednesday near the coast of Bataan.
The BRP Jose Rizal and BRP Davao Del Sur led the contingent from the Philippine Navy and...
A suspected ranking member of the New People’s Army (NPA) on the most wanted persons list in Cagayan Valley Region was captured on Monday night in Pangasinan as the Philippine National Police (PNP) intensified its legal offensive against rebels in support of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict...
Hundreds of families who lost their homes due to geological hazards will be receiving a much-needed boost from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
The agency has been donating confiscated forest products, such as wood, which can be used to reconstruct school furniture like chairs and tables...
AN additional 20 million of the population is expected to be registered under the government’s National ID system by next year.
In a news statement issued on Wednesday, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said President Duterte and other members of the Cabinet approved during a meeting on Monday the allocation...
AT least 22 million people in the Asia-Pacific region could live in poverty due to the economic disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus disease pandemic (Covid-19), according to a latest report of the International Labor Organization (ILO).
The labor arm of the United Nations made the projection in its...
THE Philippines has jumped four notches in an index that measures human development across 189 economies, according to a report by the United Nations (UN).
The Human Development Report 2020, published by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), put the Philippines tied at 107th with Bolivia and Indonesia among 189...
To fast-track the transmittal of three priority measures to the Palace, the House of Representatives on Wednesday adopted the Senate versions of the Coconut Farmers and Development Trust Fund Act, the bill extending the validity of the 2020 General Appropriations Act and the measure extending the appropriations under the Bayanihan to Recover...
THE University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is currently studying the efficacy of the saliva test in determining the presence of the novel coronavirus, in a bid to lower the cost of more accurate Covid-19 tests and make them more accessible to the public.
Dr. Januario D. Veloso,...
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) was able to grow the Philippines’s dollar defenses by $710 million in a month’s time, bolstering the economy’s buffer against sudden shocks, especially amid the global health crisis.
The Central Bank reported on Wednesday that the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) hit $104.51...
Fear. Disruption. Uncertainty. These words perhaps best sum-up the feelings felt by all Filipinos this 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some sectors were somehow able to weather the resulting storm slightly better than the...
Thailand on Friday signed a $200-million deal to procure 26 million doses of a trial coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford University. It is expected to be delivered in mid-2021.
The pandemic has forced people to spend more time with themselves than ever. Along the way, it has reshaped and broadened the way many think about and prioritize how they treat themselves — what has come to be called self-care.
WASHINGTON — As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide the Supreme Court late Wednesday barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus.
The justices split 5-4 with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority. It was...
Livestream selling, already popular in China, is taking off in the US, ushering in a new way for Americans to shop online. Instead of searching for what they want, they pick up their phones, sit back, and click to buy if they like what they see.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says holiday shopping in crowded stores is a “higher risk” activity and that people should limit any in-person shopping, including at supermarkets.
Joe Biden officially clinched the presidency after the Electoral College confirmed his victory on Monday, capping a tumultuous period sparked by Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost with the help of Republicans willing to support his unsubstantiated claims.
Some Senate Republicans who had refused to recognize Biden’s overwhelming...
The first Covid-19 vaccine shots were administered by US hospitals on Monday, the initial step in a historic drive to immunize millions of people as deaths passed the grim milestone of 300,000.
In New York, the original epicenter of the US pandemic, critical-care nurse Sandra Lindsay received the first...
When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long-held dream.
The pandemic, though, is a nightmare—one that has...
CARAHUE, Chile—Thousands of people gathered in the Chilean region of La Araucanía on Monday to witness a solar eclipse, rejoicing in the rare experience even though visibility was limited because of cloudy skies. Skies were clear in northern Patagonia in Argentina, where people also watched the moon briefly block out the sun...
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system, in a striking move against a longtime partner that sets the stage for further confrontation between the two nations as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office.
The...
PORTAGE, Michigan—The first of many freezer-packed Covid-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites across the United States on Sunday, as the nation’s pandemic deaths approached the horrifying new milestone of 300,000.
The rollout of the Pfizer vaccine, the first to be approved by the Food and Drug...
ROME—Italy on Sunday eclipsed Britain to become the nation with the worst official coronavirus death toll in Europe.
Italy, where the continent’s pandemic began, registered 484 Covid-19 deaths in one day, one of its lowest one-day death counts in about a month.
Still, those latest deaths...
US government agencies were hit by a “global intrusion campaign” of cyber-attacks that exploited a flaw in the update of a software company, according to cyber-security firm FireEye, which discovered the hack.
“We have identified a global campaign that introduces a compromise into the networks of public and private...
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading in its late-Tuesday session the proposed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Remittance Protection Act.
Voting 224 affirmative and zero negative, lawmakers passed House Bill...
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) announced it has completed its target of giving financial access to 2 million farmers and fisherfolk ahead of time, the finance department reported on Wednesday.
According to a statement released by the Department of Finance, the LandBank extended a total of P230.2...
A division of global media group Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc. recognized Security Bank Corp. (SBC) for championing women in the workplace, the bank said in a statement.
Security Bank said it ranked highest among Asian banks and Philippine banks in terms of the number of women in senior management...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is boosting its efforts in promoting financial inclusion by teaming up with several rural banks across the country.
The state-owned bank recently announced that it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) to...
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) will be welcoming a new chief next year after the current president was elected as board director for its parent firm Ayala Corp.
In a disclosure on Wednesday, the listed bank announced that its current chief executive officer, Cezar P. Consing, will be...
While the government continues to evade queries on its subsequent plan after it shelved the unsolicited proposal for the redevelopment of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), a policy think tank and a commuter group criticized the state for its supposed unwillingness to rehabilitate the air hub.
Infrawatch Philippines...
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) will open 156 RFID installation sites by end-December to provide ease to motorists who are currently migrating to the new government-mandated electronic toll collections scheme.
Over the last two weeks, 42 new sticker installation stations were added to its 53 stations in November, bringing the...
The downward trend of electricity spot-market price will persist this month due to ample supply and cooler weather conditions coupled with the implementation of community quarantines in different parts of the country.
Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines Inc. (IEMOP) Manager for Pricing Validation and Analysis John Paul...
Davao City—Davao Light and Power Co. Inc., an AboitizPower subsidiary, will likely retain its international standard certification following a 5-day audit by Cologne, Germany-headquartered evaluator for the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO.
Davao Light attained its re-certification for the ISO 9001:2015 or the Quality Management System (QMS) and...
The Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDS), the owner of the fixed income trading platform, on Wednesday said it turned over P2 million to the Ateneo Scholarship Foundation (ASF) Amando M. Tetangco Jr. Scholarship Fund.
The PDS Group, the owner of the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp., said it...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against investing in Cubebit Philippines as its operations were flagged by the agency as a possible Ponzi scheme.
In its advisory, the SEC noted that the organization uses the name Cubeit 2.0, Cubeit and Cubeit Philippines and operates the...
Globe has received an MSCI ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) rating of A, up from the “BBB” score it earned previously.
MSCI ESG Research provides MSCI ESG Ratings on global public and a few private companies on a scale of AAA (leader) to CCC (laggard), according to exposure...
The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) announced today another downward adjustment of power rates as the overall rate for a typical household decreased by P0.0352 per kWh, from last month’s P8.5105 per kWh to P8.4753 per kWh this December.
This is equivalent to a decrease...
As the virgin coconut oil (VCO) was announced to be beneficial for the prevention of probable and suspected Covid-19 cases from becoming severe, the continuous supply of quality coconuts is being prepared through the planting of hybrid coconuts.
“With all the recent buzz about the efficacy of VCO in...
PENANG, Malaysia—A new strategy is now available to chart a decade-long aquatic foods research and innovation agenda toward sustainable and equitable global food systems.
The “WorldFish 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy: Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet” was launched as a channel to end hunger and advance the...
BIOTECHNOLOGY firm Nanotronics clinched the championship title for its biodegradable material that can be used as alternative to plastics.
The event was during The PitchFest culmination for Shell’s 2020 search in the Philippines for startups that was held recently through the web.
Founded by Dr. Jerome...
Virgin coconut oil (VCO) “could be used” as an adjunct supplement to probable and suspected Covid-19 cases because it could prevent such cases from becoming severe.
Science Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña made the statement on December 3 during a virtual briefing on the results of the Department...
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will celebrate the 48th Atomic Energy Week (AEW) from December 7 to 11 though the online platform in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The weeklong event will showcase the latest developments in...
The eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB) is one of eggplant’s most destructive insect pests. It causes up to 90-percent yield loss at severe disease pressure.
To prevent yield loss, farmers rely heavily on insecticides for EFSB pest management.
A USB camera is tracking the...
"Masteral and PhD level researches should be translated into the curriculum and integrated into the curriculum for basic education so that we start off our learners early in their lives on being appreciative of the benefits of agriculture, of protecting our environment, and caring not only for the present but also for...
Listening to the beautiful musical pieces and renditions of the artists and groups composed of Joey Ayala, Dipolog Community Rondalla, PNU Himig Kawayan, Pangkat Kawayan, Prof. Armando Solarza with the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ, Dr. Benicio Sokong, Dulag Karatong Festival Ensemble, Joseph Gara, Huni Ukulele and DOST-FPRDI Himig Agham Kawayan, one would...
SIX personnel from the Foreign Affairs Department were honored with the Gawad Mabini and the Order of Sikatuna—the Presidential awards for exemplary service to the Filipino people and nation.
On behalf of President Duterte,...
EUMIR FELIX MARCIAL climbs the ring for the first time in 10 months not to fight for medals but to prove he is worthy to become a professional boxer in the middle of his dream to win for the country its first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo next year.
VANESSA SARNO made it look so easy lifting her way to three gold medals in the First Online Youth World Cup Weightlifting Championships two weeks ago.
The competitions were set for dawn because the judges worked remote from home in various parts of the western hemisphere. So Sarno and...
Manuel V. Pangilinan’s moniker as MVP was made all the more accurate during the Fourth Philippine Sports Tourism Awards after he was recognized as the private sector’s Sports Tourism Personality of the Year for 2019.
The award cited MVP’s immense contributions to the sports tourism sector in the country....
AMERICAN Andrew Whitfield is no easy opponent for debuting pro Eumir Felix Marcial.
“Whitfield will be no walk in the park for Eumir,” Marvin Somodio, Freddie Roach’s assistant trainer at the Wild Card Gym, told BusinessMirror.
Marcial, 25, makes his pro...
DANIELA REGGIE CASTAñEDA DE LA PISA brought her winning act from Southeast Asia to Eastern Europe, regaling the crowd, her rivals and especially the judges with a flawless performance with the hoop and clubs of rhythmic gymnastics.
The Filipino fans endlessly cheered her when she gracefully clinched one gold...
YUKA SASO finished tied for 13th spot yesterday in the 75th US Women’s Open in Houston’s Champions Club in Texas.
Not bad.
Yuka was tied for 26th going to the fourth and final round.
She cut the eight-shot...
HOUSTON—The Bermuda grass of south Texas was unlike anything A Lim Kim had ever seen. The US Women’s Open, with its reputation as the toughest test, was a major she had never played.
What didn’t change in a frigid final round at Champions Golf Club was how to keep...
THE National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) will seek the help from its new television broadcast partner GMA7 to get a vaccine once it becomes available for distribution in the country.
“We’ll ask help to GMA7 to get a vaccine,” said Letran’s Fr. Victor Calvo Jr. OP, NCAA management...
I SHARED my “purpose-filled” holiday plans the past two weeks on gifts, gestures and get-togethers. Last weekend, I remembered another “G” that I wanted to add to this unique holiday season: gratitude.
Let me start...
AFTER a few months of online art classes, members of senior recreation center Sunshine Place showed family and friends how their creativity flourished, showcasing their works in “Coloring Lives,” an online art exhibit ongoing until December 23 (bit.ly/34iuqW9).
The exhibit, which highlights 146 works in acrylic, oil, porcelain and...
AT the beginning of 2020, no one knew that the world would have to take on a pandemic, where health and safety become first priority, where accessibility to most essential goods and services is crucial for survival, and where proper home living is both a privilege and a necessity.
YOUNG environmental activist Greta Thunberg said everybody has to contribute to save the environment for a sustainable future.
As far as the Philippine corporate sector is concerned , companies such as Republic Cement have responded to the call to save the environment by promoting a circular economy and introducing...
VISTA Residences, the condominium development arm of Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc., has joined the roster of real-estate companies listed on Lamudi on the back of a strong traffic of house hunters in this online portal.
Based on Lamudi’s “The Outlook on the Residential Market” report, property seekers remain...
NEW YORK—BTS has had more than just a “Dynamite” year—they’ve become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year.
The magazine announced the honor for the seven-member K-pop boy band on Thursday, hours before a prime-time special that will...
I WAS walking across the lobby toward the elevator of our office when I heard someone chastising one of the receptionists on duty. She was asking the receptionist why she does not have access to the meeting room on the 6th floor and she gratingly added, “Do...
NEW LOVE TEAM
THE two young talents of a network are finally being launched as an official love team soon after months of them considering it. The male talent was once the BF of one of the network’s prized talents but he allegedly cheated...
THE early history of vaccines is a male-dominated field. The science, which is currently showing spectacular results, is now led by women. Therein lies a lesson about the allocation of talent.
Consider the history of the mRNA vaccine, which is the technological basis of both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, the two leading...
LONG before Covid-19 hit our planet, I had wanted to write about the widespread phenomenon spanning K-pop culture and the K-dramas it has spawned, amazed as I was by how it did not spare even the most jaded among my female friends. Not just a few former...
BEFORE I joined my current company, I had no idea what wastewater was. Apparently, I was not alone. According to a Maynilad-commissioned qualitative study in 2018, the public’s knowledge about wastewater—what it was, where it came from, where it all went—was little to none.
This poses a problem. How...
The risk level to the global workforce has reached its highest since 2016 according to the findings of the International SOS Risk Outlook 2021. The outlook reveals findings from the Business Resilience Trends survey of over 1,400 risk professionals across 99 countries, carried out by Ipsos MORI. It also brings together insights...
BDO Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank, successfully conducted relief operations for thousands of underserved Filipinos affected by Typhoon Ulysses. In line with its disaster response advocacy, the foundation immediately distributed relief goods to more than 21,000 beneficiary-families in four provinces hit hardest by the typhoon.
RDB | Robin des Bois, a global boutique agency based in Vienna, Austria, launches its official Asia Pacific hub to service the ever-growing APAC market in the heart of Metro Manila. As Western Union’s Social Media Agency of Record for many years, the agency has built a unique closeness with the Philippines...
Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) Grand Fiesta Manila is closing out the year strong with the Grand Countdown to 2021 virtual concert. Aptly dubbed, “New Year. New Hope. New Thrills.”, the virtual event brings an all new approach to the grandest new year countdown celebration in the Metro
Co-artistic directors...
There are only a few days left until Christmas, and people are really starting to get into the holiday spirit, even online. We’re starting to see more holiday content on TikTok, too, and with every new post, creators get to share a lot of good vibes and Christmas cheer with their friends...
Metro Pacific Investment Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Manny Pangilinan Group of Companies, spread Christmas cheer and hope to households in the coastal barangays of Mabini, Batangas which were badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and typhoon Quinta.
Dubbed Tuloy Pa Rin Ang Pasko, the...
Formed only this year, reon (stylized as all lowercase) is a duo composed of singer-songwriters Noah Glynn Alejandre and Reanne Julia Borela.
According to them, they got their name from Kanji characters (麗音)...
Seungri (Lee Seunghyun) exercised his legal right to confront and personally cross-examine the opposing witness during his fourth hearing resulting in the witness admitting that he had given false statements to the police under duress.
On December 9, Seungri’s fourth hearing continued after a postponement due to COVID-19 pushed...
During this ongoing pandemic, artists have been getting the much-needed time and inspiration to share songs that, while they offer words that listeners can resonate with, they also pass on the drive to soldier on.
After inspiring his fans earlier this year with quarantine releases, Quest drops another sure...
Mga kapitbahay!
The punk rock classic album Independence Day from the Urban Bandits that dropped like a dirty nuke in 1985 is now 35 years old.
Urban Bandits’ vocalist Arnold Morales’ cry of “mga kapitbahay” to open “No Future sa Pader”, the first track on side...
This coming December 13, 2020, some of the top musicians in the country will perform songs from Original Pilipino Music icons, Hotdog, at some of Manila’s landmark institutions in a special online concert called “Hinahanap-hanap Kita Manila – The Manila Heritage Concert.”
Some of the artists performing in this...
By Liz Kislik
Almost every leader has been in the uncomfortable position of managing people who think their performance is terrific when it’s actually just adequate, or worse. In fact, in my 30 years of consulting, this challenge has been one of the most frequent and draining management problems...
By Mita Mallick
A few weeks into my first maternity leave, a former colleague and friend called to check in on me and my infant son, Jay. It had been a rough birth physically and happened in Manhattan in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which added to the stress....
By Ron Carucci
Fewer words in corporate vernacular induce a tighter wince than “accountability,” and for good reason. Companies and leaders have grappled with what it is and how to achieve it effectively for decades. Ask anyone if they look forward to their performance evaluation or periodic check-in with...
By Dana Sumpter & Mona Zanhour
It has become alarmingly clear that the Covid-19 pandemic is threatening women’s careers. In September 2020 alone, 865,000 women in the United States left the work force, compared to 216,000 men. Furthermore, 1 in 4 women in the country are considering leaving their...
Lockdown measures against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has demolished the four corners of the classroom.
It wasn’t easy; and still is, as educators put efforts to rebuild those corners that are now situated in learners’ domicile.
Educators from the Department...
THE past five years of the Philippine tobacco industry paint a bleak future: dwindling tobacco area and declining number of farmers.
The major culprit? Falling domestic cigarette consumption due to higher excise taxes and anti-smoking initiatives both by the government and the private sector.
Despite this,...
NOMADIC Bedouin tribes have flourished because of oases, where exhausted travelers take refuge.
After facing the wrath of a volcano and a deadly virus, the Filipino people could use an oasis these days, especially as cash flow is drying up. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may have found...
THE world is your oyster; but don’t be one. For one, humans are far from being mollusks; for another, being sedentary doesn’t help, especially during lockdowns.
Being sedentary is doubly hard, and risky, for nearly four million Filipinos (3,993,300, according to the International Diabetes Foundation) with diabetes.
THE Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed on December 9 the nomination of J. Eduardo Malaya as the country’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Malaya is currently the foreign affairs undersecretary for administration, and was Philippine ambassador to Malaysia from 2011 to 2017.
PIKIT, COTABATO—The Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines recently turned over the Joint Peace and Security Teams (JPST) stations in this municipality to the Joint Peace and Security Committee (JPSC) as...
Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana (left) and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. (right) met with visiting United States’s Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller on December 8.
The senior officials renewed each side’s commitment to the alliance while continuing discussions to further strengthen their defense...
History and medical records show that no global disease outbreak since the Spanish Flu of 1918 has affected the world’s populace like the novel Coronavirus Disease (CoViD-19).
For seven months now, societies are coping with the ongoing pandemic, with countries around the world still struggling...
The current global health crisis has ravaged almost every economy, not sparing the Philippines, which has been one of the hardest hit countries in Asia. While businesses, from micro industries to blue chip companies, have undoubtedly felt its egregious impact, the will to help fellow Filipinos and push...
Free shuttle services for health workers and frontliners are now operational in Metro Manila through a partnership with Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Hino Motors Philippines.
Since the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine for Luzon, public transportation has been suspended in the entire Luzon...
With the ongoing crisis disrupting the education of over a million Filipino learners nationwide, One Meralco Foundation (OMF) beefs up its efforts to energize more off-grid schools, enabling technology-aided blended learning in far-flung communities.
Despite the logistical challenges brought about by travel restrictions implemented by...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a typical work week for Zian Serranilla, a Key Accounts Executive of snacks company Mondelez Philippines assigned to the SM team, consisted of administrative and field days.
“Field days are composed of visits to...
Asked how he feels about out working when almost everyone else is locked in their homes, Naia Ramp Controller Engr. Michael Barbieto shrugs his shoulders, not in submission, but more as a defiant gesture. “Mahirap ang napasukan ko, pero ito ay privilege, ito ang sinumpaan kong tungkulin, kaya kailangan gampanan.”
Almost everyone is online right now, but participating in the digital economy — be it socially or for productivity — entails one key ingredient: Internet connection. Without this vital requirement, people would find it hard to cope with...
They’re used to the "drill" of helping grieving relatives give a proper sendoff to their dearly departed. They'd give them all the time they need to say their final good-byes, with their prayers and flowers and rosaries. These days, however, all those extended farewells are gone. Under strict health protocols prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic, they must help those in mourning make swift goodbyes, before they cremate the dead.
HONDA Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) finally brought in one of its best-selling models in the country—highly-anticipated 5th generation City. Donning a fresh design inside and out, along with the myriad of tech features, the brand asserts its...
WITH the objective of educating the Filipino youth on road safety, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. partnered with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP), and Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP) in mounting the Road Safety Virtual Camp where hundreds of attendees acquired ample knowledge on pedestrian and commuter safety, motorcycle and...
IF there’s one thing that stood out in Rex Gatchalian’s move to suspend RFID operations beginning this week at NLEX, it’s his decisiveness as a public servant. If all leaders of this country, elected or otherwise, are like the gallant mayor of Valenzuela City, then yes we can.
We...
AN Omega for him, a Cartier for her—classics. Shakey’s thin crust pizza, Aristocrat BBQ with java rice—comfort food.
A Lancer box type, a Corolla SR—retro collectibles. And the Isuzu Gemini, the Isuzu Trooper—faves of mine and of so many others, which still beget smiles and happy memories when...
"It was the first day of the lockdown and I knew the situation was serious and not good for kids. They will be holed up in their homes completely, far from what they’ve been used to. I thought kids could be scared and this concerned me.” These were Robert Alejandro’s thoughts as...
Many a local lore were told children to provide a more visual learning of community values and the dangers of the world, origins, to recount the histories of tribes, and to celebrate survival and courage. They were, to say the very least, the earliest possible record of culture as the communities grew,...
Long before the Philippines became known worldwide for its pop bands, Filipino musicians were revered artists as showcased through its prewar orchestras and symphonic brass bands. The country even has the distinction of having the first symphony orchestra in Asia which founded in 1926.
The allure of the orchestra...
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the country’s tourism and hospitality industry, Winford Manila Resort & Casino (Winford) has been keeping busy—in the kitchen.
Like thousands of other hotels here and around the world, Winford cannot resume full operations until health authorities downgrade the metro’s current lockdown status...
Christmas is the season to be jolly, but these happy times can also bring risks to your health. That is because alcohol consumption increases during this time of the year.
“Alcohol consumption is widespread during Christmas, noted Dr. Diana A. Payawal of the Philippine Society of Gastroenterology during the...
With futurists claiming that vegetarian food will dominate the foreseeable future, the same company that introduced the Wonder Burger, 100 percent plant-based, gluten-free, soy-free, no MSG and locally made, has now introduced Wonder Grounds.
This ground meat alternative can be your constant companion for making any dish that calls...
What kind of activities can keep children engaged at home during the holiday season?
The Department of Health (DOH) recommends that parents carry out activities like creating or making Christmas cards, putting up Christmas decorations around the house, singing Christmas carols, storytelling, and playing pretend games with their children.
ADMITTEDLY, there are some who find it difficult to stop smoking in spite of continued warnings of its hazardous impacts. However, there are constant technological innovations in the market that reportedly reduce its ill effects.
MOK, the first heat-not-burn brand that is locally available, introduces revolutionary devices that provide...
