Category: General

MANILA – The Diocese of Romblon has appealed to the faithful to support the second collection to be conducted in all Sunday masses next month for the reconstruction of the St. Joseph Cathedral convent in Romblon, Romblon that was recently gutted by fi…

ANGELES CITY – The city government here is inching its way toward achieving its goal of reducing if not eliminating the use of plastics. Since its project dubbed ‘Walang Plastikan-Plastik Palit Bigas was launched in January 2022, city residents are ge…

ISTANBUL – Thiago Seyboth Wild, a qualifier ranked 172nd, defeated Daniil Medvedev in a five-set clash in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Brazilian beat No. 2 Medvedev with sets of 7-6, 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 after four hour…

MANILA – End-of-the-month window dressing and the impact of the latest Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) rebalancing resulted in the negative close of the local bourse’s main index but the peso strengthened to the US dollar on Wednesday. Aft…

DUMAGUETE CITY – Vice Governor Manuel ‘Chaco’ Sagarbarria officially took his oath as the new governor of Negros Oriental on Wednesday after the demise of Governor Carlo Jorge Reyes. Sagarbarria took his oath before Negros Oriental Executive Judge Ger…

LAOAG CITY – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will install a communication tower in Bucarot, a far-flung sub-village in the mountainous town of Adams in Ilocos Norte province, to boost internet connectivity in the are…

MANILA – A study by Universum, a global thought leader in employer branding, shows that young Filipino talents would like to work in companies that offer hybrid work arrangement. In its Universum Talent Survey 2023, which polled 5,000 students from 10…