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2021 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

In a recent virtual announcement, the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) gave Asia’s premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award,...

SM Foundation bridges Davao scholars toward better lives

SM scholars may come from different provinces and schools nationwide, but there’s one thing they sure have in common—their aspiration to uplift the economic...

Pag-IBIG Fund makes cash loans more affordable with longer payment period

Pag-IBIG Fund has made its cash loans more affordable by lengthening its payment term to three years, its top officials announced on Sept. 9. “During...

SSS reports first semester of 2021 accomplishments, launches uSSSap Tayo Portal to commemorate 64th anniversary

The Social Security System (SSS) held a press conference on its accomplishments from January to June 2021 and launched the uSSSap Tayo Portal today,...

ALC Group of Companies launches integrated website

The ALC Group of Companies founded by the late Ambassador Antonio L. Cabangon Chua launched its integrated website, www.alcgroup.com.ph, during a live streaming event...

Taiwan Excellence household goods online product launch brings you WOW products to enrich your home living

Four outstanding Taiwan Excellence award-winning companies—Artcera Corp., YZTEK Co., Lt., Taiwan Glass Ind. Corp., and Seda Chemical Productions Co. Ltd.,—took centerstage in the recently...

Happy Life rubbing alcohol

It all started last March 15, 2020 when the country was put into a lockdown. At that time nobody knew what to do. In...

SM scholar alumni bring hope to deserving youths

More than anyone else, SM scholar alumni know how important education is in uplifting one’s economic status. Knowing the struggles of a student who...

Media advisory

Cleanfuel will implement a price adjustment, effective Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 4:01 p.m. Gasoline + 0.50/L (Increase) Diesel + 0.95/L (Increase) Stay...

SSS approves 240,000 sickness benefit reimbursement applications online worth P1.75 billion

The Social Security System (SSS) has approved a total of 239,995 Sickness Benefit Reimbursement Applications (SBRA) that were submitted online from July 2020 to...

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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...