Features
HIV patient strives to make life normal
December 10, 2018, 6:55 pm
MANILA -- Twenty-nine-year-old call center agent Kiko (not his real name) has been battling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for two years now. While he has experienced difficult times because of the virus, he says he is living a normal life today just like before he acquired it. "Normal naman… Read More
How this Tausug artist was forged in the crucible of war
December 10, 2018, 4:18 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- In February 1974, the proud town of Jolo was totally burned down and bombed to oblivion. On the eighth day of that month, hordes of Moro rebels attacked and occupied it, igniting intensive seven days of fighting before government forces retook it. Some 20,000 rebels, civilians… Read More
Dangal ng Bayan Lowel Andrian Solayao: Paying it forward
December 9, 2018, 2:08 pm
MANILA --There is a saying that when you give, you receive twice as much. But when Lowel Andrian Solayao once received help, he paid it forward and gave back countless times. The 27-year-old Teacher III from Pilar National Comprehensive High School in Sorsogon is no stranger to the struggles of an… Read More
Filipino Catholics celebrate Feast of Immaculate Conception
December 7, 2018, 7:34 pm
MANILA -- Catholics around the world, including Filipinos, will celebrate on Saturday (Dec. 8) the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, who was born free from original sin by virtue of the graces as Mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The Holy Bible says that God granted Mary… Read More
Ex-Bayan Muna officer now a gov't asset
December 6, 2018, 10:19 pm
MANILA -- Being a member of communist revolutionary groups for most of her life, 29-year-old Magdalena Gano now takes on a different role in her community. Growing up with limited access to education, Gano said her community was lured to be educated in the Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del… Read More
Manobo woman recalls NPA's deceit, abuses
December 6, 2018, 8:48 pm
MANILA -- With high hopes of getting free education, 22-year-old Alice (not her real name), a Manobo tribe member in North Cotabato, joined the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc. (MISFI) and even offered her services as a secondary school teacher. She recalled being recruited by members… Read More
Pinoy inventor develops unsinkable portable rescue boat
December 2, 2018, 5:42 pm
MANILA -- A Filipino inventor has developed an unsinkable rescue boat, which he claims as one of its kind in the world. In an interview, Ronald Pagsanghan, the enterprising inventor, said he thought of developing an unsinkable boat after he witnessed the devastation of Typhoon Ketsana, known as… Read More
Using radio, social media to advocate peace
December 1, 2018, 12:41 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Anti-social terrorists make use of almost unchallenged information and communication technology like Internet platforms to spread their culture of violence. However, two Muslim peace advocates harnessed the reach and power of radio broadcast and social media to counter jihadist… Read More
Soldiering for peace in Mindanao
December 1, 2018, 11:38 am
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Muslim and Christian peace-builders in this city soldier on as they celebrate the 22nd year of the Week of Peace here from Nov. 29 to December 5. The multi-sectoral parade that formally kicked off the celebration on Thursday, drew a few thousands of students and teachers from… Read More
Experience motivates ‘Kulinarya’ 2018 winner, not the prize
November 30, 2018, 2:53 pm
GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite –A chef, teacher, foodie and photo hobbyist who describes himself as “an average” Caviteño guy Nicole G. Pimentel says the cash part of winning the "Kulinarya 2018" is “mere bonus" and treasures more the experience. Pimentel bagged the top spot in the ‘Kulinarya… Read More
Fe del Mundo: Filipina honored in Google Doodle
November 29, 2018, 9:11 am
MANILA -- Google featured on Tuesday a Filipino personality who have played a vital role in the history of Philippine pediatrics, Dr. Fe del Mundo. Del Mundo, fondly called "The Mother of Philippine Pediatrics" celebrated her 107th birthday on Tuesday. Google commemorated it with a doodle art,… Read More
How the 1st Cry of Balintawak monument was moved to UP
November 28, 2018, 7:53 pm
MANILA -- As the nation marks on Friday (Nov. 30) the 155th birth anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio, the father of the 1896 Revolution against Spain, it is also worth recalling how the “First Cry” monument was relocated from its original site in Balintawak to the University of the… Read More
Tourism writer asks for kidney donor
November 28, 2018, 7:50 pm
MANILA-- Behind the striking speeches of Tourism secretaries and most of the releases you read at the webpage of the Department of Tourism (DOT) is a committed writer, who, you wouldn't know, is battling chronic kidney disease. Dee Angeles Mandigma, 35, has been working for the DOT for half a… Read More
Marawi, A Year After: A Photo Exhibit
November 27, 2018, 8:35 pm
MANILA -- To let the rest of the country understand the current challenges faced by Filipino Muslims in Mindanao, a photo exhibit titled "Marawi: A Year After" was held at the National Museum of the Philippines' Museum of Anthropology. The month-long exhibit, which opened in October, showcased the… Read More
One-stop-shop for healthy products opens in Imus
November 27, 2018, 5:39 pm
IMUS CITY, Cavite – If a “healthier you” forms part of your new year wish-list anew or opting to spread a healthy lifestyle to your friends and loved ones, Healthy Basket, a grocery store located at the Millennium Building, Palico 3 in Aguinaldo Highway here, could be your long lost… Read More
Career Exec Service awardee solves educ challenges differently
November 25, 2018, 4:48 pm
THINK OUT OF THE BOX. Gawad Career Executive Service Awardee Cristito Eco smiles at pupils in a classroom in Catbalogan, where he shared his visions to uplift the residents' lives through innovative solutions to challenges in education. Eco has proven that thinking outside and beyond the box is… Read More
Zamboanga City’s ‘Motherly Yours’
November 25, 2018, 4:37 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The title of Lilia Macrohon-Nuno’s weekly radio program, “Motherly Yours,” is an appropriate and authentic description of her as an exceptional civic and community leader and benefactress of this city. As a woman Muslim convert, her genuine leadership is testimony of the… Read More
Shariah courts render ‘quick action’ on Muslims’ disputes
November 25, 2018, 3:53 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- While couples in troubled family relationships who contracted marriage under the republic’s civil laws continue to chafe waiting for Congress to enact a divorce law, irreconcilable Muslim husbands and wives have had it easier to part ways. Presidential Decree 1083, otherwise… Read More
From Beijing to Manila: Turning points towards a new future
November 20, 2018, 12:18 am
By Guan Juanjuan My first overseas business trip took me to the Philippines. That was in 1996, when I joined a delegation of broadcast media from China. It was during the two weeks I was there that I learned my given name, Juanjuan, has a different pronunciation in Spanish. But my eye-opening… Read More
Saving Faith: The ordeal, triumphs of premature babies
November 19, 2018, 5:29 pm
MANILA -- Micro preemies are babies born before 26 weeks gestation period. They usually weigh around 800 grams. They look sticky or gelatinous as their skin is white and their veins are very visible. Since their immune, respiratory and other bodily systems are still weak, they are required to stay… Read More
