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Dating back 200 years ago: The old PH-Russia ties

Dating back 200 years ago: The old PH-Russia ties

June 1, 2019, 5:55 pm

MANILA -- This week marks the 43rd year of establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Russia. It was on June 2, 1976, when the government of the Philippines forged formal diplomatic ties with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In 1999, the Russian Federation… Read More

PMA grad tells youth to be more discerning in joining groups

PMA grad tells youth to be more discerning in joining groups

May 30, 2019, 9:59 pm

MANILA – Saying most movements pushing for the country's development are tainted with greed for power, Mark Ivan Genosa urged the Filipino youth to be more discerning in joining organizations. Genosa, a 22-year-old fresh graduate of the Philippine Military Academy who opted to join the… Read More

Hilarious, heart-warming movies await French filmfest viewers

Hilarious, heart-warming movies await French filmfest viewers

May 30, 2019, 3:19 pm

MANILA -- As the country celebrates its Independence Day, so does the French Embassy in the Philippines’ 24th year here, and what better way to celebrate friendship between the two nations than film showing. Acknowledged as an institution in the worldwide film industry, France shares to the… Read More

What it means to be a multi-grade teacher

What it means to be a multi-grade teacher

May 28, 2019, 5:26 pm

By Christian U. Burgos A friend once told me how disappointed he is with the newly-hired teacher who kept on complaining with the given load. “What is she complaining about?” I asked my friend. “That assuming egoistic newbie, she keeps on complaining she’s so hard up teaching six hours a… Read More

Outgoing QC Mayor Bistek's colorful 33-year political career

Outgoing QC Mayor Bistek's colorful 33-year political career

May 28, 2019, 3:54 pm

MANILA -- When Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista yields the reins of the city government to his successor, Mayor Josefina “Joy” Belmonte on June 30, he will be bringing with him a colorful political career record in government service that began when he was just 18 years old in 1986. Born… Read More

Capacitating HS grads thru work-based skills training

Capacitating HS grads thru work-based skills training

May 28, 2019, 7:32 am

MANILA -- While having a college degree remains the best way to get into a high-paying job or a stable career, it is not the only means by which you could land a good job and secure a bright future for your family. Joey Rosal, EEI Corporation Skills Training and Certification Group senior manager,… Read More

Ex-NPA finance man recounts horrible life for a lost cause

Ex-NPA finance man recounts horrible life for a lost cause

May 22, 2019, 5:22 pm

CEBU CITY -- It was the promise of the “organizers” to give him farmland to till, which prompted him to join the New People’s Army (NPA). It was a promise that changed his life, when what was given to him was a gun to kill his fellow farmers who decried the rebels’ abuses. Julieto… Read More

La Loma 'Lechon Festival': A flood of mouth-watering treats in May

La Loma 'Lechon Festival': A flood of mouth-watering treats in May

May 21, 2019, 9:17 pm

MANILA -- Every year, the third Sunday of May is an oily, greasy yet tasty day for the people of La Loma in Quezon City as scores of lechon (roasted pig) and other pork dishes are given to tourists and residents taking part in the Lechon Festival. "Isa kami sa mga lechoneros na nagluluto ng pakain… Read More

Joy Belmonte: QC's 2nd female mayor

Joy Belmonte: QC's 2nd female mayor

May 19, 2019, 1:42 pm

MANILA -- Quezon City mayor-elect Joy G. Belmonte, who is succeeding outgoing Mayor Herbert M. Bautista on June 30, is the second woman to assume the city’s highest post in eight decades.Belmonte, who is the outgoing vice mayor of the country’s erstwhile capital city, is a daughter of former… Read More

'Brigada Eskwela': Working together towards quality education

'Brigada Eskwela': Working together towards quality education

May 18, 2019, 5:33 pm

MANILA -- Clean classrooms, well-maintained learning tools, and attractive landscaping inspire students to go to school, study hard and persevere to reach their dreams. In connection with this, the Department of Education (DepEd), tries its best to turn these ideals into reality through Brigada… Read More

Mid-term polls usher in fresh faces, new era of politics

Mid-term polls usher in fresh faces, new era of politics

May 15, 2019, 4:23 pm

MANILA -- As the mid-term elections nears its conclusion, results show that voters chose to try a new brand of leadership, not only in national posts but also in local governments as well. Aside from the various issues that cropped up as the votes were counted, a more shocking moment also unfolded… Read More

Airbnb-type car app wins Smart's SWEEP award

Airbnb-type car app wins Smart's SWEEP award

May 15, 2019, 9:00 am

MAKATI CITY – Carspace, an entry of college students from University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R), was proclaimed grand winner at the recent Smart's Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP) awards on May 10. The USJ-R students, Noel Daniel Seldura, Jesury Thomas Gadiane, team leader Kevin… Read More

Catholics celebrate 102nd anniversary of Fatima apparitions

Catholics celebrate 102nd anniversary of Fatima apparitions

May 12, 2019, 2:03 pm

MANILA – The Catholic Church will celebrate on Monday the 102nd anniversary of the famous Fatima apparition reverberating same message made by the Blessed Virgin Mary calling mankind to repent now for the world to attain a genuine and lasting peace. “The apparitions of Mary in 1917 at Fatima… Read More

PIJazzFest, a celebration crossing cultural borders

PIJazzFest, a celebration crossing cultural borders

May 9, 2019, 3:42 pm

MANILA -- An annual gathering of local and foreign jazz artists in the Philippines celebrates more than just music but also friendship among various nationalities. On May 4, the Philippine International Jazz and Arts Festival (PIJazzFest) capped its 14th anniversary in The City Club, Alphaland in… Read More

Parallel campaigning presses candidate’s advocacy: strategist

Parallel campaigning presses candidate’s advocacy: strategist

May 8, 2019, 8:39 pm

CEBU CITY – What started as an effort to promote the advocacy against drugs and corruption of then Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte of Davao City has now become a coordinated strategy called “parallel campaigning” to press for the advocacies of the candidates for Monday’s mid-term election, a… Read More

SME banker among outstanding San Pableños 2019

SME banker among outstanding San Pableños 2019

May 8, 2019, 8:34 pm

SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna - The president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Bank was named 2019 Outstanding San Pableño in the field of microfinance and SME banking by this city government awards committee… Read More

Things to remember on election day

Things to remember on election day

May 7, 2019, 1:50 pm

MANILA-- Proper shading and avoiding overvoting are the two things a registered voter needs to do for a hassle-free poll process this May, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded Tuesday. On May 13, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., the national and local elections will commence following a four… Read More

MYDev: Helping Mindanao youth realize their potential

MYDev: Helping Mindanao youth realize their potential

May 5, 2019, 12:59 pm

MANILA -- Living in the strife-torn Indanan, Sulu without educational plans to back up her future, 20-year-old Marshaida Hamid, at one point, almost lost hope she would be able to lift her family from poverty. At an early age of 12, Marshaida had to stop schooling and give way to her two younger… Read More

Bar passer's mantra: Never give up

Bar passer's mantra: Never give up

May 3, 2019, 3:21 pm

MANILA -- Weng Rivera took the long road to his dream of becoming a lawyer. Still good natured with an exceptional sense of humor who grew up in Sampaloc, Manila, this clerk of court in Calamba, Laguna started studying law in 2001 when he was in his mid-30s, married and while he already had three… Read More

Catholics worldwide observe Divine Mercy Sunday

Catholics worldwide observe Divine Mercy Sunday

April 27, 2019, 2:53 pm

MANILA -- Catholics all over the world will celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday on April 28 to spread continuously the unfathomable mercy of God, and for mankind to repent now, not later, for the forgiveness of sins in these troubled times. Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday after… Read More