Features
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Filipinos used to vote every 2 years from 1946 to 1971
April 27, 2019, 2:50 pm
MANILA -- As this year’s May 13 mid-term elections come closer, many of the country’s millennial voters may be interested to know that the Filipino people used to go to the polls every two years in November under the 1935 Constitution, instead of today's second Monday of May. The elections… Read More
Prayer against storms, earthquakes, and other disasters
April 26, 2019, 12:46 pm
MANILA – As fear of a catastrophic earthquake, dubbed as the “Big One”, hangs like the Sword of Damocles over Metro Manila following a series of tremors that struck Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao early this week, the people are urged to pray this powerful prayer to avert such disaster. At 3… Read More
Ministry among the mangroves
April 25, 2019, 8:57 pm
AROROY, Masbate --- Like that old country song, Sixteen Tons, Elmer Alvarez owed his soul, so to speak, to a mining company. Decades ago, Alvarez worked for the Atlas Mines in this town and recalled a life of mostly working and drinking. Then he was diagnosed with what he called a mysterious… Read More
How Pinoys rise from the rubble 5 years after 'Yolanda'
April 24, 2019, 7:46 pm
MANILA-- What started as a goal to create employment and help the people affected by Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) to start a new life has now become a written achievement in the Canada-funded Typhoon Haiyan Reconstruction Assistance (THRA) program. "What we experienced after Yolanda… Read More
'Love Bus' is in the air
April 22, 2019, 5:02 pm
MANILA -- Have you been on the Philippine Airlines' (PAL) Love Bus? Forty years ago, the flag carrier unveiled the Love Bus logo (a kiss mark) on an Airbus A300B4, a wide-body plane designed for short to medium range routes. At that time, PAL used this unit in its prime routes. For those who have… Read More
Xi’an and Beijing: Starting points
April 21, 2019, 6:02 pm
BEIJING -- I've been to China twice – to Xi'an and Beijing. My first visit was to Xi'an. I was amused by this city in Shaanxi Province because of China's rich culture and heritage. I take a look at one part of the city that has temples, and it makes me feel as if I'm living in the Tang dynasty.… Read More
Our Lady of Lourdes grotto in Bulacan revisited
April 21, 2019, 12:49 pm
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan -- Fifty-four years after its opening to the public, the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Shrine here continues to attract thousands of Catholic devotees, especially during the Holy Week, despite the blazing summer sun. Situated 30 kilometers northeast of Manila and just… Read More
Holy Week pilgrims troop to MisOr's highest peak
April 21, 2019, 11:52 am
MANTICAO, Misamis Oriental — The highest peak in Misamis Oriental, which is located in Manticao town, in Misamis Oriental province has become a place for Catholic devotees to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ by doing the "stations of the cross". The Dunque Hill, about 26 kilometers from the… Read More
