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March 05, 2017

Philippine Madrigal Wows Singapore Audience

The Philippine Madrigal Singers wowed the crowd during its February 26 concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore.

March 05, 2017

Japanese Mining Firm Donates ¥2 Million To Earthquake Victims In Surigao Del Norte

The Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. in Japan donated ¥2 million as assistance fund in support of the reconstruction program of the damage caused by the recent earthquake in Surigao del Norte.

March 02, 2017

Sekitori Ortigas’ Anniversary Promo

Sekitori Ortigas is turning one this month, and to celebrate this, they will be treating their customers with special promos they could enjoy all month long!

May 17, 2022

PH among destinations offering best hotel values

  The Philippines had made it to TripAdvisor’s Top 10 popular destinations that offers great hotel accommodation to American Travelers, according to an article published by ABS-CBN. “With its Hotel Pricing Report, TripAdvisor is helping travelers as they consider where and when to go on vacation by identifying some of the best-value travel periods in popular destinations around the world,” Brooke Ferencsik, senior director of communications for TripAdvisor, said in a statement. Included in the top 10 hotels that offers great hotel value in months January-June are the following: Turkey Taiwan Belize Caribbean Cambodia Sri Lanka Costa Rica Vietnam Philippines United Arab Emirates  

March 03, 2017

Duterte-Putin to meet in Russia this May

President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed that he will visit Russia on May 25, 2017.

March 03, 2017

MMDA: Road diggings on major roads now done at night

To avoid traffic snarls and bottlenecks caused by ongoing road diggings and excavations in Metro Manila, government agencies have agreed that such road works should be done at night when traffic is expected to be lighter.

March 03, 2017

PH marks its commitment to end neglected tropical diseases by 2030

The Department of Health (DOH) spearheads the 5th Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Forum in Cebu City with the theme: “Evidence Based Technologies to Accelerate the Gains of NTD Elimination, A New Hope”.

March 03, 2017

Agriculture department taps Air Force for ‘food skyway’

Air Force planes will deliver fish and produce to remote Philippine islands as the agriculture department builds a "food skyway," an official said Thursday.

May 18, 2022

Atom Araullo’s documentary enters New York Festivals for International TV programs and films

Journalist and TV personality Atom Araullo and his documentary “Warmer” is included in New York’s International TV, film fest that will be held on April 25, 2017.   Araullo’s documentary titled “Warmer” revolves around the grave climate condition experienced in two different parts of the world. It is a finalist in the climate change and sustainability category in the New York Festivals Awards for International TV programs and Films. Other ABS-CBN programs and productions that enters the final list of their categories are: Lando’s Wrath” (best coverage of a continuing news story), Typhoon Lando (best newscast), Mukha: Serbisyo (current affairs). New York Festival’s World’s Best TV & Films competition honors […]

May 17, 2022

Foreign translators to attend ‘2017 Salínan International Conference’ in PH

The Philippines is set to host a global conference on translation and translation studies called “2017 Salínan International Conference” on September 28-30, 2017 at the Leong Hall Auditorim in Ateneo de Manila Univeristy, Quezon City.

March 03, 2017

A first for the beverage industry: PHILRESCA

The country’s first-ever expo for the burgeoning beverage industry opened its doors yesterday at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, and its first edition focused on the one thing everyone has had a recent love affair with: coffee.

March 03, 2017

‘Before I Fall’ opens March 8 in PH cinemas

The film, based on the popular Young Adult novel "Before I Fall," opens March 8 in Philippine cinemas.

March 02, 2017

Globe Telecom Tops Asiamoney’s Best Managed Companies Poll

Globe Telecom gained another recognition for coming out on top of Asiamoney’s Best Managed Companies poll for large-cap companies in the Philippines.

March 03, 2017

Converse x Inquirer Face-Off OOTD 2017

Converse and Inquirer had teamed up for “Face-Off OOTD 2017” that was held last March 2, Thursday, at the 4th Floor, East Wing of Shangri-La Mall.

May 17, 2022

Should social networking sites require proof of ID?

Should Facebook and other social media sites start asking you for your government ID upon signing up?

March 03, 2017

Celebrating ‘Australia In Davao’

The Australian Embassy collaborated with partners in Davao to offer a series of events to celebrate the longstanding partnership with Mindanao, and with the city of Davao.

February 28, 2017

Filipina included in 43 most powerful female engineers in US

Filipina Engineer, Anne Aaron ranked 32 among 43 most powerful female engineers of 2017 by Business Insider. Image grabbed from Business Insider Aaron is also the director of  Video Algorithms at Netflix, and was noted for leading the team of software engineers and research scientist that enables Netflix’s 86 million subscribers to watch streaming with the best quality. Before her work at Netflix, Aaron also worked at tech powerhouse Cisco Systems as a Senior Software Engineer for Video Codecs. In an article published by Business Insider, Aaron has a PhD in electrical engineering and distributed video coding and has been with Netflix since 2011, working her way up from senior […]

May 17, 2022

Manila debuts in 2017 Forbes Travel Guide as ‘next luxury destination’

For the very first time, Manila is on Forbes list of global luxury travel destinations.

May 17, 2022

Malacañang declares Jan. 25 SAF 44 memorial day

January 25 is officially the Day of National Remembrance for the heroic sacrifice of the 44 uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) as PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte declared.

March 02, 2017

PH MARKS ITS COMMITMENT TO END NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES BY 2030

The Department of Health (DOH) spearheads the 5th Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Forum in Cebu City with the theme: “Evidence Based Technologies to Accelerate the Gains of NTD Elimination, A New Hope”.