Publisher's Note

Publisher’s Note
by Roberto Ugaddan Hello readers, It’s now half of September and soon it will be officially Fall. Not only that when the months starts to end in BER, that means we are almost approaching the end of 2019. It was just like yesterday when we started with the year 2019. There were lots of activities/concerts coming up [...]
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Benefits and Privileges of a Solo Parent in the Philippines

If you are one of the 20 million single parents (or caregivers) in the Philippines, then you are responsible for raising the 60 million kids that make up the next generation of Filipinos. Today’s parents have driven the global statistics of single parenting up to an all-time high, and it has become acceptable to take [...]

Traffic becoming fatal? Give way to ambulances, say authorities

MANILA — Traffic authorities urged motorists to yield to ambulances while President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman floated the idea of deploying military helicopters in response to a news report that patients have been dying in ambulances while caught in traffic jams.
Quoting ambulance drivers, the French news agency, Agence France-Presse, reported that some patients died while in [...]

DILG: Calls to emergency hotline 911 now free for select telcos

MANILA, Philippines — Calls to emergency hotline 911 is now free of charge for PLDT, Smart, Talk N’ Text, and Sun subscribers, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Thursday.
“Libre na po ang pagtawag sa Hotline 911 sa PLDT at tatlong mobile networks pero hindi ibig sabihin ay gagamitin natin ito para [...]

Cubao to Makati in 5 minutes by December

Malacañang said that President Duterte probably has something up his sleeve when he announced that his administration will reduce travel time from Cubao to Makati to just five minutes.
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Modernizing mass transport

The PUV Modernization Program
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Sotto, in a radio interview, said he disagreed with the pronouncements of government economic managers that the stalled passage of [...]

Philippines not asking help from China, says DFA chief

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is not asking help from China, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. asserted on Tuesday.
A Twitter user had asked Locsin why the Philippines “is still asking help from China” after the latter disclosed that Japan, Australia, and the United States “extended the most development and military assistance to the Philippines.”
Locsin [...]

Student fare discount bill transmitted to Palace for President’s signature

Good news for public and private school students.
The enrolled copy of the bill seeking to institutionalize and expand the 20-percent student fare discount to include air and sea transport has been transmitted to Malacañang for President Duterte’s signature.
It was learned that enrolled bill was transmitted to the President on March 21, 2019.
Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento, [...]

These are the Two Filipinas Included in the World’s Billionaires List

For the first time, two women from the Philippines were included in US magazine Forbes’ rankings of the world’s billionaires. Filipino tycoons on the annual lists have always been predominantly male.
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Donations pour in for Grade 2 student who uses makeshift pen

MANILA, Philippines – Netizens have extended their help to the Grade 2 student from Samar who used a makeshift pen for schoolwork.
Teacher Maricor Baculanta had shared on Facebook photos of her 8-year-old student Jan Kim Enario after she noticed that he used an improvised pen in class.
As of Thursday, March 7, the post has drawn [...]