PRESIDENT Aquino, assisted by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, distributes ballers to the participants of the 7th Puregold ‘Tindahan Ni Aling Puring Sari-Sari Store’ Convention during the tour and inspection of the booths at the World Trade Center at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue Extension and Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City, yesterday. (Photo by: Robert Viñas / Malacañang Photo Bureau)
AMERICAN contemporary ballet company Trey McIntyre Project performs at Central Philippine University in Iloilo City. Its 10-day Philippine tour is a joint program of the U.S. Embassy in Manila and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. (Photo by Tara Yap)
CAGAYAN’s Junar Arce (center) finds himself sandwiched by Gio Ciriacruz and Kelly Nabong of Blackwater during PBA D-League action last night at The Arena in San Juan.
MIAMI Heat guard Dwyane Wade, foreground, regains control of the ball as he is guarded by Indiana Pacers guard Paul George, rear, during Game 2 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Miami.
VENDORS arrange bananas in a makeshift stall on Road 10 in Tondo, Manila, as they sell ‘lakatan’ at P30 per kilo yesterday morning. The Philippines’ fruit exports to China, particularly bananas, seem to have trouble getting cleared by Chinese Customs amid a tense standoff between the two countries over the disputed islands on the West Philippine Sea. Fruit shipments, especially bananas, were rotting in Chinese ports because pests were allegedly discovered in some produce, prompting stricter quarantine inspections. (Photo by Linus Escandor II)
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Repository of ‘Social Protection’ Knowledge
Manila, Philippines – The government launched on January 25, 2012, the Knowledge Exchange Center (KEC) to store data on “social protection,” and educate the public about its three core poverty-reduction programs – Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), and Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran...
Lighting up Philippine Rural Communities
Manila, Philippines – By 2017, it is envisioned that 100 percent of rural barangays and 90 percent of rural households nationwide will enjoy access to electricity services. The government doubled its budget this year to P5 billion for rural electrification to attain “inclusive” growth, or economic development that starts from the bottom going up, and countryside investments going to the...
Tapping Malaysia as a major tourist market for the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — The potentials of tourism can not be overlooked. More and more, the Philippine government is turning to tourism as a rich source of foreign exchange revenues. Last year, tourism delivered over $4 billion in receipts. From January to November, 3,522,887 visitors came to the Philippines, 12 percent more than the number in the previous year. It spurred tourism officials to set...
Upgraded Philippine International Property Investment
MANILA, Philippines — Just a little over a year ago, based on a survey of Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia Pacific 2011, the Philippine property market was ranked as below fair to appalling. Strict property laws and the paper work involved were discouraging investors. In the latest assessment of the Urban Land Institute Emerging Property Trends 2012 Asia Pacific, the Philippines was in 18th place,...
Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
MANILA, Philippines — We are celebrating today the Feast of St. Thomas, one of the greatest theologians of all times and patron of all Catholic educational institutions and of students. It is also the day of the publication of his greatest work, Summa Theologica. St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 of a noble family in Roccasecca, near Naples in Italy. He was the son of Landulph, Count of Aquino....
Conference on Land-Ocean Connection
MANILA, Philippines — The waters of the world play a very important role in all aspects of human life, providing food, employment, and other benefits. Two thirds of the world’s population lives within 400 kilometers of the sea, and over half of the world’s population lives in coastal areas. As many as half billion people draw their livelihood from the sea in one way or another while the marine...
Australia Day
Previously known as Anniversary Day and Foundation Day, today is the celebration of Australia Day. This event remembers the landing of the First Fleet in Port Jackson in 1788. Various events are held to celebrate Australia Day, including festivals, fireworks, outdoor concerts, community barbecues, and sports competitions. Australia-Philippines relations have always been cordial and mutually beneficial,...
Republic Day of India Today
India celebrates its Republic Day today. This holiday remembers the day the Constitution of India replaced the Government of India ct 1935 as the country’s governing document on January 26, 1950. The date was chosen to commemorate the promulgation of the Purna Swaraj Declaration of the Independence of India on January 26, 1930. To celebrate Republic Day, a grand parade is held in New Delhi, India....
The Conversion of Saint Paul
MANILA, Philippines — We celebrate Wednesday the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. This event he often describes in his letters to the churches and is narrated three times in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 9:3-9, Acts 22:6-21, Acts 26:12-18). Before his conversion, Saul – his original name – was a “zealous” Pharisee going after those who, he believed, were deviating from the Jewish...
