Manila showed it wasn’t just all-height on Wednesday, banking on crack point guard Enzo Navarro to trounce Iloilo, 98-74, and sustain its climb in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Sixth Season at the Villar Coliseum in Las Pinas. The 5-foot-8 Navarro wound up with 22 points, spiked by 7 triples on 10 tries, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 …
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By Rose de la Cruz Based on the Energy Transition Index of the World Economic Forum, the Philippines slowed down to 105th (out of 120 countries) ahead only to Bangladesh (109th), Pakistan (113th) and Mongolia (118th). The Philippines dropped 11 spots in the index to 105th this compared to 94th in 2023, making it the lowest since 2015 when it …
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By Rose de la Cruz Think- tank, IBON Foundation, asked the government to invest more in education (particularly in creative thinking and sciences) as the Philippines continued to lag in the recently-published Programme on International Student Assessment of the Overseas Economic and Cooperation Development. Filipino students, ages 15 or those nearing graduation from the basic primary education system covered by …
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A proposal to construct a farm-to-market railway along the existing rail line of the Philippine National Railway (PNR) is now being evaluated by the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center after both Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista and Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. expressed support to the project. Once the PPP Center is done in its evaluation, the project will be endorsed …
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Health (DOH), and their attached agencies, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have agreed to allow BAI to assist the FDA in conducting testing on animal vaccines and biologics. In a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among the agencies signed on June 4, 2024, the …
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Vice President Sara Duterte’s quitting her posts as Education chief and Vice Chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has sent shockwaves across the corridors of power in the Philippines. By stepping away from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Cabinet, Duterte has not just resigned but issued a powerful statement with deep political undertones. Duterte’s …
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Vice President Sara Duterte stepped down as education secretary and vice chairperson of the government’s anti-communist task force, Malacañang announced on Wednesday. According to Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cheloy Garafil, Duterte went to Malacañang at 2:21 p.m. Wednesday to tender her resignation as Member of the Cabinet, Secretary of the Department of Education and Vice Chairperson of the National …
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by Boy Villasanta Another work shopper in the first-ever free scriptwriting classes in 1982 of National Artist for Film Ricky Lee has written 30. Award-winning screenwriter, producer and director Armando Lao, also known as Bing Lao, died of heart failure on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Colleague Jeffrey Jeturian, one of his best friends and classmates at Ricky’s seminar reported on …
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by Boy Villasanta It’s a mother’s pride and joy to see her child march onstage to finish an education. This is precisely what has been happening to Dulce when her daughter, Jedidah Keilah Abigail Llamedo Cruzata graduated recently from Junior High School of The Learning Tree School in Metro, Manila. Dulce, Maria Theresa Abellare Llamedo in real life, cannot contain …
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With the western seaboard of the Pacific being battered by extreme weather disturbances, Iloilo 5th District Rep. Raul Tupas called on the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to put up marine hatcheries, similar to the ones utilized by Northern Iloilo State University and other successful models. Tupas, vice chair of the committee on aquaculture and fisheries resources and …
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