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Citing the need to improve preservation and protection measures for the country’s cultural properties, Senator Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla on Monday, May 22, sought a Senate probe into the fire that razed the Manila Central Post Office today. Padilla filed Senate Resolution 627 directing the appropriate Senate committee to handle …

The Department of Health (DOH) has reported seven more cases of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, raising the country’s tally to 11. The seven local XBB.1.16 cases were found in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Western Visayas, Mimaropa, Bicol Region and Central Luzon, the DOH said in its latest COVID-19 biosurveillance report. XBB.1.16, …

Janet Napoles (File photo)  MANILA – The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court on Monday cleared businesswoman Janet Napoles in 16 graft charges arising from PHP519-million dealings allegedly made through the office of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. However, a decision promulgated on May 19 by the Second Division convicted Napoles of two counts of graft …

NEW BLOOD. Members of the Philippine Military Academy ‘Madasigon’ Class of 2023 celebrate after their commencement exercises at Fort del Pilar in Baguio City on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Inset photo shows President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. giving the presidential saber to class topnotcher Warren Leono of Lipa City, Batangas. Rolando …

Inspired by the passion and reach of young activists like Greta Thunberg, Canadian groups like Seniors for Climate Action Now!, Climate Legacy and Grand(m)others Act to Save the Planet (GASP) are becoming increasingly visible and vocal.  Groups like Seniors for Climate Action Now! are focusing their efforts on fossil fuel …

The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of colour and LGBTQ+ individuals.”  Latino civil rights organization, …

MWSS: Deteriorating Laguna Lake water quality to affect services The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System yesterday raised the alert on a possible water interruption in various parts of Metro Manila and Cavite amid the decreasing water quality of Laguna Lake. MWSS Division Manager Patrick Dizon said pollution, the presence of …

COVID-19 admissions in private hospitals are slowly rising, but remained manageable, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) said on Saturday. Meanwhile, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. renewed his appeal to the Departments of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Department of Health (DOH) to fast-track …

CUM LAUDE. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. hands the Presidential Saber to Cadet First Class Warren Leonor, the valedictorian, during the Philippine Military Academy graduation rites at Fort Del Pilar, Baguio City on Sunday (May 21, 2023). The Lipa City, Batangas native topped the MADASIGON (MAndirigmang May DAngal SImbolo ng Galing …

Canada is being hit by a demographic crisis, sometimes called “the grey wave.” While the economy is adding jobs, economists say the crisis is more than a numbers game and ageism might be costing firms invaluable institutional experience and productivity.  Changing the discourse around older workers can benefit employee and …