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Reigning ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon “The Truth” Vera recently flew from his home in Guam back to the Philippines to wrap up a few commercial obligations, visit family, and just simply check out what he missed. Vera and wife Jessica welcomed their first child together, Atreyu Timothy Craven Vera, last year in the U.S. […]
The worst slump for the Philippine economy since World War II means hunger for more Filipinos, said Senator Kiko Pangilinan, proposing that a people-centered agriculture be the centerpiece of the economic recovery. Pangilinan is reacting to the Philippine Statistics Authority report that the Philippine economy posted a minus-8.3-percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2020, […]
With the passage of the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer Act (FIST) on third reading, Senator Grace Poe is hopeful that banks will be encouraged to lend to businesses and consumers to fuel the Philippine economy and pull it out of a recession. “This is a proactive response to the pandemic that should free up P1.19 […]
The 27th World Travel Awards recognized the Philippines as Asia’s leading beach destination and Asia’s leading dive destination in 2020. The award-giving body also declared the Department of Tourism (DOT) as this year’s leading tourist board in Asia, besting 11 nominated countries. “We are truly honored and thankful for the accolades given to the Philippines […]
Senator Dick Gordon has expressed concern that Chinese retirees, mostly 35-year-olds, now compose 40 percent of the total foreign retirees in the country. During the budget deliberation at the committee level for the Department of Tourism and its attached agencies which include the Philippine Retirement Authority, Gordon directed Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat and PRA […]
As the Philippines joined the rest of the globe in celebrating the World Bamboo Day recently, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) went all out in promoting the benefits of bamboo as a sustainable resource. Bamboo, which is considered today as the “green gold,” has been rapidly gaining momentum in recent years with […]
The Philippines continues to prove that it is among the world’s most innovative economies after ranking 50th out of 131 countries in 2020, up from its 54th place last year, as reported in the annual Global Innovation Index (GII). This is the first time that the Philippines has breached the top 50 of the GII, which […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 1751 which proposes to create the National Legal Knowledge and Assistance System which shall serve as an online repository of different laws, rules and regulations in our country. The Department of Justice (DOJ), in coordination with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will be mandated […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the government to protect and promote the interest of unemployed Filipino workers by providing them with new stable jobs before opening the job market to foreigners. Before giving any preferential treatment to foreign workers in the government’s flagship projects, Gatchalian called on the government to carefully consider hiring unemployed Filipinos, […]
To help the country’s tourism industry in recovering from the lockdowns imposed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Sonny Angara said the government should seriously consider making “travel bubbles” with select countries. Angara urged the Department of Tourism (DOT) to work with the Department of Health, Department of Transportation and the Union of […]