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Pakil cited in PCCI’s 2021 Most Business-Friendly LGU Awards

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), in its Most Business-Friendly LGU Awards for 2021, awarded the municipality of Pakil in Laguna province...

Meralco recognized for outstanding service amid the pandemic

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) emerged as one of the top companies in the Philippines on service excellence, leveraging both digital and traditional customer...

Resorts World Manila (RWM) ensures safety of guests and employees

Metro Manila has been upgraded to Alert Level 3 status from Jan. 3-15 in an effort to curb the increased spread of COVID-19 in...

Pasay farmers graduate from SM’s sustainable agriculture training

“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for...

BDO Foundation aids communities through RHUs

As part of joint efforts to support underserved sectors of society in the second year of the pandemic, BDO Foundation, Beiersdorf Philippines, and U.S.-Philippines...

SBMA now requires vaccination cards for Subic entry

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has started checking for vaccination cards among persons entering the Subic Bay Freeport to prevent further...

SSS to offer calamity assistance to members, pensioners affected by Typhoon Odette

The Social Security System (SSS) will offer a Calamity Assistance Package to members and pensioners affected by Typhoon Odette starting Jan. 14. SSS President and...

The power of collective efforts: SM’s Operation Tulong Express

In times of calamities, SM always ensures to be one of the first responders that provide immediate relief to affected individuals and families. Through...

PhilHealth extends 2021 accreditation of healthcare facilities

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Tuesday announced that it will extend the validity of all currently accredited health facilities (HFs) until January...

Sharp Philippines celebrates its 40th anniversary

There is a saying that great things come in small packages. At least for this company, that was how their story began 110 years...

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Americana, on his back

My grandfather was shipped out of the Philippines in the 1920s, and landed in Stockton, California—less as a starry-eyed immigrant, and more as imperial cargo.  The Americans needed hands, and the Philippines—trophy from the Spanish-American War—had plenty to spare. Men like him crossed the Pacific not on a...

Of ‘balimbing’ and coup

It is balimbing season once again. Balimbing is a fruit with many sharp sides, so that it has been popularly used to describe agile politicians who are able to change sides quickly everytime there is a change in the political weather. It is the local term for...

4th Refugee Film Festival champions youth voices, stories of solidarity

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Philippines celebrated World Refugee Day by hosting the 4th Refugee Film Festival at the Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium of De La Salle University Manila last June 20. The film festival aimed to foster global awareness, build empathy, and mobilize meaningful action...