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 as a…
Year: 2013
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 its perfect…
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 on 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 in sacrificing…
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) dropped Escudero…
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 amateur and…
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 partners help…
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 over the…
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 and reject…
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 the historic…
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 country which…
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 upgrade the…
Cardinal Santos Medical Center opens Hand Center equipped with robotic rehab technology
At the forefront of providing advanced medical technology, the Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) recently opened its Hand Center to cater to patients in need of comprehensive care for all hand maladies…
COMELEC: Noy exempted from gun ban
By Sheila Crisostomo The Commission on Elections (Comelec) backpedaled yesterday on its pronouncement that President Aquino is not exempted from the nationwide gun ban, which takes effect tomorrow. “The President, as commander-in-chief,…
Enrile: Sen. Santiago destroying the Senate, not me
By Karl John C. Reyes Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday said Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s tirades are not destroying him but the Senate as an institution. He asked her to be…