Attacks on Loren Legarda rock LP coalition
By Amando Doronila Cracks have appeared on the facade of solidarity of the administration’s Team PNoy senatorial lineup at a critical juncture in the May 13 elections, as tensions between…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Choosing the candidates
By Jose C. Sison There are 33 candidates for Senator this coming election, but up to now it seems to be so difficult to draw up a list of at…
Palanca Awards’ last call for entries
The Carlos Palanca Foundation, sponsor and organizer of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards), announces that interested participants in this year’s competition have until 12:00 midnight of…
Philippines joins the global call for Arctic protection
Manila/Davao, April 20 — Filipinos showed their support for the environment by participating in Greenpeace’s Global Day of Arctic Action – a united movement that seeks to have the Arctic declared…
6.16 M Pinoy diabetecs seen in 2030; Once-a-day pill for type 2 diabetes
By Sheila Crisostomo At the rate diabetes cases are increasing in the country, there will be some 6.16 million diabetic Filipinos by 2030, health experts warned the other day. With…
February inflation hits 5-month high due to price hikes of sin products
By Ronnel W. Domingo Sin products said to account for rise in consumer prices. The rate of rise in consumer prices came to a five-month high of 3.4 percent year…
For Filipinos, Love is a sacrifice
By Camille Diola If “love is sacrifice” is a cliché, it might just be the most real cliché, and even Filipinos would agree. A truly Filipino brand of love is…
Fractured relationship: Politics snaps Erap-Chiz ties
By Cathy Yamsuan, Christian V. Esguerra This is what has emerged in the relationship between former President Joseph Estrada and his godchild, reelectionist Sen. Francis Escudero, after the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)…
63rd Palanca Awards now accepting entries
Now on its 63rd year, the country’s premier and longest-running literary contest, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature or Palanca Awards, has once more opened its doors to both…
Celebrating partnerships in empowering dairy communities
In the livestock sector, the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) is hailed to be the leader in the national livestock biotechnology research and development program. Behind this mandate, PCC’s pillars and…
Amid Series of Workplace Deaths, TUCP Urges DOLE to Hire More Safety and Health Inspectors
The series of workplace mishaps in two construction sites, a geothermal power plant, and a coal mine that caused the death of 20 workers and injured more than 20 others…
President Aquino urged to usher in renewables: coal plants to bring Mindanao more harm than good
Manila, 7 March 2013—Coal plants will bring Mindanao more harm than good, Greenpeace said today as they urged President Benigno (Noynoy) Aquino III to usher in clean, green renewable energy…
Chiz: EDSA all about ‘daang matuwid’
Senator Chiz Escudero called on government elected and appointed to adhere to the “daang matuwid’ philosophy of President Benigno Aquino III which was also the principle behind the launching of…
Chiz sounds alarm over wildlife ‘invasion’
Senator Chiz Escudero called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and environmental groups to intervene in the reported entry of alien plant and animal species to the…
Cardinal Santos Medical Center goes high-tech with mobile app
Cardinal Santos Medical Center goes high-tech with mobile app Adding to an already vast catalog of health services, Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) is now adapting Smartphone mobile technology to…
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