(UPDATES) TWO leading candidates for education secretary — Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara and Negros Occidental Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez — gained the endorsement of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (Cocopea) on Monday. The group confirmed during its 9th National Congress that it submitted a short …
Read More »FILIPINO hurdlers John Cabang and Lauren Hoffman await their official entries to the Paris Olympics which comes off the wraps on July 26. Cabang and Hoffman finished within the quota rankings of the men's 110-meter (m) and women's 400-m events, respectively, as the Olympic qualification period ended on June 30. …
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ASEAN member countries and China are taking their partnership to the next level by jointly promoting people-to-people cultural exchanges, enhancing mutual understanding and enriching regional sustainable development. At the Asean-China Media Cooperation Forum at Dezhou City in northwestern Shandong Province on June 21, the Asean-China Centre (ACC) and China International …
Read More »A WORLD Bank report released last Monday said that we might reach upper-middle-income status by next year. To reach this level, however, we need to ensure that our population is “equipped with the education, skills and health necessary to meet the demands of a more complex and competitive economic landscape.” …
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Dawn Lalonde of Mikkola Family Farm & Apiary in Lively, Ont., is raising money to send samples of the dead bees to a lab for further testing. She and others believe their sudden death is a warning that something is wrong in the environment. ‘I don’t want them to die …
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Led by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chairperson Lisa Guerrero Nakpil, the nation marks today, July 1, 2024, two historic milestones: the 22nd Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day and the 126th anniversary of the start of the siege in Baler, Aurora. Last June 26, an earlier commemoration was held in …
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The possibility of moneyed individuals or groups moving to buy chunks of the country while the whole nation’s attention is glued to maintaining its boundaries in the West Philippine Sea is quite disturbing Foreign occupation, which is the worst fear of nations, is upon the country and it is being …
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The Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) on Thursday reported sightings of a Chinese fishing vessel in the waters of Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi. NFWM Public Affairs Officer Lieutenant Chester Ross Cabaltera said that the Navy’s BRP Laurence Narag was sent to investigate an unidentified ship detected by its monitoring station in the …
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A China Coast Guard vessel deploys two rigid-hull inflatable boats to offer help in rescuing Filipino fishermen whose boat encountered an engine explosion near Bajo de Masinloc on June 29, 2024. (Courtesy of PCG) Following the offering of help by China Coast Guard (CCG) to a distressed Philippine fishing boat …
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Multi-sectoral groups stage a protest rally against Charter change outside the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on March 20, 2024. (STAR / Ryan Baldemor) MANILA, Philippines — The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has approved a P35 wage increase in the minimum …
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