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UNEMPLOYMENT dropped in April from a month earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday. The country’s jobless rate declined to 4.5 percent from 4.7 percent in March but underemployment — which counts those looking for more work or an extra job — registered an uptick to 12.9 percent …

ERUPTION LIKELY. This handout photo shows Mayon Volcano spewing white smoke as seen from Legazpi City on June 8, 2023. Hundreds of families living around Mount Mayon in central Albay province are expected to be moved to safer areas after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised a ‘hazardous …

Amid grumbling over a government plan to cut military pensions, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Thursday that non-monetary benefits that soldiers and their families get would entice them to stay longer and wait for their mandatory retirement from the service. Teodoro was addressing concerns that military personnel would opt …

MIAA officer in charge Bryan Co (Photo courtesy of MIAA) MANILA – The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) apologized to the public on Friday afternoon as the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 experienced a power outage anew. “Again, we would like to apologize to all the passengers and stakeholders here at …

Donald Trump said late Thursday he’d been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents, touching off what could be the worst of a number of legal threats against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House.  Newest charges more serious, more sweeping than earlier accusations. This is …

Apocalyptic skies stirred everything from U.S. debates about climate change to gallows humour. Apocalyptic skies stir U.S. debates about climate change. And gallows humour Being a Canadian anywhere on the eastern seaboard of the United States this week runs a risk of being inundated with smoke jokes. A doctor quipped …

After Erwan Heussaff’s victory at the 2023 James Beard Media Awards, the foundation now names the champions of its 2023 Restaurant and Chef Awards, which include three Filipino chefs. Winning the Best Chef: Great Lakes category are Filipino-American chef Timothy Flores and his wife, chef Genie Kwon. They are praised for their …

K-pop artist Sandara Park (Dara), former member of group 2NE1, said she felt surprised and happy that Filipinos still recognized her.  Dara visited Clark Freeport Zone in the Philippines together with Jinu of K-pop boy band Winner, former NU’EST members Aron and JR, and rapper Dindin to film the Korean …

LONG-time swimming patron Michael ‘Miko’ Vargas was elected president of Philippine Swimming, Inc. (PSI) during the PSI National Congress and Election held on Thursday at the East Ocean Restaurant in Paranaque City. The 11-man Board of Trustees unanimously install the 43-year-old Vargas, the second of the three children of former …

Fried eggs are but a global staple wherever you are in the world. Locally, we have our silogs to go to as breakfast or all-day meals: tapsilog (beef), longsilog (pork), bangsilog (fish) and even the trendy bacsilog (bacon). In fact, last night’s dinner, combined with fried eggs (or however which …