FORMER Starbucks chief executive officer (CEO) Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales. In a LinkedIn post published over the weekend, Schultz said many people had reached out to him after Starbucks …
Read More »From handknit socks to rural experience, here are ideas for attracting doctors to small towns
Dr. Sarah Giles and Dr. Sarah Newbery provide their insights on staffing shortages in rural health-care facilities. ‘This is real medicine,’ Toronto-born doctor says about time working in small northern communities. Dr. Sarah Giles got hooked on rural medicine by spending a summer volunteering in the Northwest Territories. Giles, who …
Read More »Location, location location: Why real estate’s golden rule also applies to morel mushrooms
Spring has sprung and so have morel mushrooms, but hunters are warned to be cautious about where they’re harvested. Morels have a tendency to absorb and concentrate toxins found in their environments, according to research. Studies show morels pick up what’s in their environment, like heavy metals and toxins. It …
Read More »Hamstrung by CA
“Granting SMEC a TRO will ‘not serve its purpose, since it will have the effect, not of maintaining the contract price, but of setting aside the assailed order itself.’ The House Committee on Energy raised a valid observation about the need for the Office of the Solicitor General to remind …
Read More »Sowing division
“ History is rife with examples of how misinformation and disinformation shaped conflicts. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año over the weekend harped on another troubling tactic being employed by China, which is to weaponize information to manipulate public perception and undermine the Philippines’ legitimate …
Read More »NSC: Aerial resupply mission in West Philippine Sea eyed
This frame grab from video footage taken and released on March 25, 2024 by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (PCG/BFAR) shows a Chinese helicopter hovering as Philippine scientists inspect a cay near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in the Spratly Islands, in the disputed South China Sea. Deputy …
Read More »No PH government official agreed to China regarding ‘new model’ on Ayungin – DFA
Department of Foreign Affairs The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday categorically denied the Philippines entered into a so-called “new model” agreement with the Chinese government, saying no official from the Marcos administration had acted on its behalf in connection with the Ayungin Shoal. “The DFA wishes to emphasize …
Read More »Marcos hopes to finalize PH-EU free trade negotiations by 2027
PBBM, SPEAKER AT LMP MEETING. President Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez (photo inside the article) address mayors who attended the General Assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines on Tuesday in Pasay City. Ver Noveno with PPA Pool President Marcos expressed hope to finalize negotiations for the free …
Read More »NTF-WPS: Ayungin proposal ‘a lie’ meant to confuse Filipinos
WPS TALK. Spokesperson for the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commodore Jay Tarriela answers queries during the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel media forum on April 12, 2024. Tarriela on Tuesday (May 7) said the “new arrangement” between the Philippines and China on Ayungin …
Read More »P8 billion released to indigent patients, hospital workers
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released an additional budget for indigent patients and hospital workers amounting to P8 billion. A notice of cash allocation with amounts of P2.43 billion and P5.55 billion was released to the Department of Health to provide medical assistance to indigent and financially …
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