By Andrew J. Masigan FREEPIK In the pre-COVID world, eating out, shopping, and weekend getaways generally characterized the way of life of middle to upper income Filipinos. For the affluent few, investments in cars, art, and properties were par for the course. As much as 72% of the economy was driven by consumer […]
By Amelia HC Ylagan “No, it is not white sand that is being used to fill up the Manila Bay shoreline,” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said when news photos flashed images of heavy machinery on the baywalk dumping what indeed looked like glistening white sand over the stony black murk of muddy sand. […]
By Jay Tristan Tarriela HTTPS://WWW.COASTGUARD.GOV.PH/ Not many are aware of the role of the Philippine Coast Guard in fighting the pandemic. When President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metro Manila under “community quarantine” on March 14, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was tasked to ensure that the instruction was strictly carried out. The PCG, together […]
OIL PUMPING JACKS, also known as “nodding donkeys”, operate in an oilfield near Almetyevsk, Russia, on Aug. 16. — ANDREY RUDAKOV/BLOOMBERG IT WAS MEANT to be the week when OPEC nations gathered in Baghdad to celebrate the cartel’s six decades as a dominant force in global oil markets. Instead, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries […]
The Philippines will have access to potential COVID-19 vaccines being developed by US firms without any strings attached, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Friday, after the presidential spokesman had linked the pardoning of a US Marine to ensuring access. This as the DoH reported that the country now has over 250,000 coronavirus disease […]
A modern jeepney with routes from Roces to Cubao as it starts picking up passengers on June 22. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS Distancing rules in public transport have been eased, allowing jeeps, buses, trains, and planes to carry more passengers amid the region’s worst coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) said. The one-meter […]
Vice President Leni Robredo addresses the media after the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, announced its latest action in relation to the electoral protest filed by Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. — CHARLIE VILLEGAS / OVP The Office of the Vice-President (OVP) has again initiated a program to assist Filipinos left unemployed by the […]
HYTTALO SOUZA/UNSPLASH The government will soon resume its polio and measles immunization program for children despite the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ Resolution No. 70 said that the Department of Health (DoH) can conduct its measles-rubella and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activities […]
A lawmaker is seeking to create additional jobs to boost local employment, through the appropriation of at least 10% of all funds allotted for local infrastructure projects. Transportation Committee Chair and Samar Representative Edgar Mary Sarmiento filed House Bill 7591, otherwise known as the Employment Generation Through Infrastructure Investment Program, which mandates the government through […]
MARIA RESSA, Executive Editor and CEO of Philippine news website Rappler, speaks to the media beside former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. (L) and lawyer Ted Te (R), after being found guilty of cyber-libel, in Manila City Hall, June 15. — REUTERS A Senate measure is seeking to provide enhanced protection, security, benefits for the […]