An Ilongga who is currently based at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was chosen as one of the 2011 Bagong Bayani Awardees for Community and Social Service by the Bagong Bayani Foundation in partnership with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Marilyn Lasquite Roscales, who acquired the name Wafa Kasimieh upon embracing the Islam faith, [...]
City Mayor Delfin Ting has declared August 16 as a non-working holiday in the city as the villagers celebrate their 287th patronal fiesta dubbed as Pav-vurulun Festival to honor its patron saint, St. Hyacinth of Poland. The declaration came as Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. signed the Proclamation No. 214 declaring Tuguegarao City’s non-working holiday [...]
A global industry leader in manufacturing apparels is soon to set business at the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) here that is seen to create more than 6,000 jobs. Luen Thai, a publicly-listed company in Hong Kong, signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB). [...]
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay, Chief Justice Renato Corona, Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; My beloved countrymen: Our administration is facing a forked road. On one direction, decisions are [...]
On July 1, 1978, Filipino singer Hajji Alejandro won the Best Singer Award in the Seoul International Song Festival for singing Ryan Cayabyab’s composition “Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika.” Alejandro sang Cayabyab’s winning entry in the 1978 Metropop and then went on to win the Grand Prix of that year’s Seoul World Music Festival. It [...]
On this day, June 30, 2010, Senator Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino III is inaugurated as the 15th President of the Philippines at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila. He was elected in the country’s first automated polls on May 10, 2010. As mandated by the 1987 Constitution, the new president is be to [...]
June 2010 Top 10 Pharmacy Board Passers Heres the list of the Top 10 successful examinees in the recent PRC Pharmacy Board Exam 1 JOYCE ANNE FALCIS VERZOSA, CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY-MALOLOS – 90.75 2 SHERNALYN ADDALINO MUKARAM, OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA – 90.73 3 HANIYA RADIAMODA DIMAOCOR, CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY-MANILA – 90.50 4 SANNIE [...]
Congratulations to our new June 2010 Filipino Pharmacists. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) recently announced that 869 out of 1261 or 68.91% passed the Pharmacy Board Exam given in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Cebu this June 2010. The members of the Board of Pharmacy who facilitated and gave the licensure examination are Mr. [...]
The city government has launched the free use of laptop computers with internet access in line with its vision of a world-class University Town. The free use of laptop computers with internet access have been set up over the weekend in three tents at the Plaza Mayor de Balanga fronting the Balanga City Hall. City [...]
It’s only about 45 minutes by aircon bus on well-paved highway to the north, but I never had the chance to walk the streets of Tagum, during the last 47 years since I packed up and left this little dusty Davao del Norte town right after getting out of high school at UM Tagum High. [...]
