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President Rodrigo Duterte has finally signed the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This pact is the first-ever legally-binding global deal on climate change signed by almost all countries in the world. It was inked IN December 2015 by almost 200 nations who are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Duterte […]
A P700-million drug rehabilitation center will soon rise in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, to help drug users turn over a new leaf, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno said on Monday. Sueno said that the DILG, the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS) and the Department of Health (DOH) recently signed an agreement […]
Major infrastructure projects in Mindanao have been few and far between. While there may have been some here and some there, nothing in the scale, extent and magnitude of a P130 billion project has ever been seen, heard or felt, at least in recent memory. This predicament will soon change with the proposed 2,000-kilometer Mindanao railway […]
With hospital emergency rooms overloaded with patients that deal with life-threatening medical emergencies, the world’s leading telemedicine pioneer has a suggestion for Filipinos who aren’t sure if they should rush to the emergency room of the nearest hospital: call a doctor first. According to Medgate Philippines Chief Executive Officer Robert Parker, “being able to talk […]
Senator Richard Gordon called for greater emphasis on protecting the dignity and integrity of institutions, such as the Senate, as it serves as the vanguard of democracy and a bastion of knowledge and information in which committees investigate issues in aid of legislation. This comes in light of retired SPO3 Arturo Lascanas’ retraction of his […]
Summer 2017 is about to arrive! Now before all reservations get fully-booked and before considering the usual go-to places like Boracay and Palawan, why not try the paradise up north of Luzon? Try Hannah’s Beach Resort and Convention Center located at Balaoi in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. You have two options to go there, either through […]
Four beers. Two styles. All with varying qualities that aim to strike an enduring chord with the non-novice beer explorer. St. Bernardus Tripel and Almanac Emperor Norton Belgium’s Bwerij St. Bernard makes an iconic tripel that’s mentioned in the same breath as the class-defining Westmalle and Karmeliet interpretations of this robust, high alcohol beer. The […]
In a megacity full of eateries that treat their tapsilog as simple lamang tiyan and pantawid gutom (there are no exact English equivalents to these Filipino phrases, I believe), Angus Tapa Centrale in Kamuning offers a different take on the pedestrian all-day-breakfast meal with an Angus beef version. I didn’t know about this place until […]
With the Senate now conducting hearings on Senate Bill No. 1302, which seeks to extend the legislative franchise of Smart, the wireless subsidiary of PLDT, Inc., Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is urging the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to step in and direct the country’s telcos to adopt Mobile Number Portabilty (MNP) to spur […]
Travel destinations in the Philippines paint a common tropical picture of nature — cultures, mountains, seashores, food and festivities. Everything everywhere screams the Filipino experience. Yet, in the heart of Mindanao, only an almost 2-hour plane ride away, is a destination with an absolutely different feel. The rules and dynamics of the city can make one feel […]