To strengthen its efforts to integrate technology into learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) will provide e-learning carts to thousands of schools this year. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “We will be giving out e-learning carts to schools this year,” DepEd Undersecretary and Spokesman Michael Poa said in a …

The month of June brings all sorts of celebrations—from massive Pride Marches to highlighting meaningful and empowering stories of expression and individuality. SM Beauty, the country’s leading beauty retailer, understands that Pride is colorful and unique to every person, and is shining a light on the importance of support, love, …

Sandara Park It’s been years since Sandara left the Philippines to try her luck as a K-pop idol in the girl group 2ne1. But whenever possible, Sandara returns to the country to star in shows or bask in the local environment. One thing’s for sure, her star has yet to …

Following the success of her debut album, SOUR, Fil-Am singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo returns to the music scene with a new single, “Vampire,” coming this June 30. “[My] new song vampire is out June 30th! you can pre-save now. So excited for this ahhhhh!!!!!!!” the artist said in an Instagram post. While Olivia tackled …

No es cierto que la gente deja perseguir sus sueños  porque envejece, envejece porque deja de perseguir suenos. (It isn’t true that people stop chasing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop chasing dreams.) – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Read Part 1 of this adventure: Sampling La Vida Local …

“Walang gutom”  —  no one hungry  —  is the name of this new food stamp program introduced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that aims to provide nutritious food access to one million food-poor Filipinos across the country. This program’s pilot and full implementation garnered the approval …

Image Credit: orfonline.org EVER since the signing of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, one of that global accord’s most important provisions, the funding of the climate adaptation needs of vulnerable countries by the developed world responsible for the greatest part of planet-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has proven …

The Department of the Interior and Local Government is looking into the possibility that a powerful syndicate inside the police force was behind the P6.7 billion drug bust in Tondo, Manila eight months ago. DILG secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said this group could be the reason investigators find it difficult …

At a Glance House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that Filipinos’ collective intelligence quotient (IQ) is being lowered by their reliance on influencers and social media for news and information. Castro is a member of the Makabayan bloc. (Unsplash) The reliance of young people on …

A regional trial court (RTC) in Leyte province has granted the petition of self-confessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa and four other co-accused to post bail over charges they engaged in the illegal drug trade. Baybay City RTC Branch 14 Presiding Judge Carlos Arguelles, in an order dated June 13, …