The country’s population is projected to top 105 million by the end of 2017. Commission on Population executive director Juan Perez said Philippine population would go up to 105,758,850 by Dec. 31, 2017, based on Philippine Statistics Authority data. “The continuing increase in population is due to relatively high fertility rate of Filipino women which […]
The National Privacy Commission has reminded Filipino netizens to regularly change their passwords and secure their email and social media accounts. Privacy commissioner Raymund Liboro said: “Regularly changing your passwords for online accounts such as email and social media is one of the most basic and easiest ways of protecting your data privacy.” “Email is […]
Six Filipino youth have been chosen as Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative delegates to the YSEALI Generation: GR3EN Workshop in Brunei Darussalam on Feb. 25-28. Philippine delegate members Jeahan Anao Haron, Sarah Marie Gemanil, Mark Harris Lim, Miguel Paulo Mendoza, Paul Andrew Orpiada and King Jehu Radaza II are part of the 50 selected youth […]
The National Historical Com- mission of the Philippines recently opened the Museo ng Libingan sa Ilalim ng Lupa in Nagcarlan, Laguna, the agency’s first heritage- centered museum. Located in a building in front of the octagonal-shaped cemetery, the museum features artifacts associ- ated with the 19th-century burial ground and the techniques used by NHCP in […]
To usher in 2017, the Philippine Postal Corporation released its “Year of the Rooster stamps” in time for 2017’s Chinese New Year. The souvenir sheets are red and gold with special embellishments of gold foil and 3D embossing. The rooster is the 10th of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, followed by the Year of the […]
More Filipino food will be found in restaurants around the world and is predicted to trend in 2017, according to a master list released by Eater magazine. Filipino cuisine came up 28th in the “Official Megalisticle of All 2017 Food Trend Listicles,” which lists 81 of the predicted trendsetters in the food industry worldwide. Eater […]
Property giant SM Prime Hold- ings Inc. opened recently SM City Tianjin, its seventh mall in China. Other SM City malls in Chi- na are in Xiamen, Jinjiang, Chengdu, Suzhou, Chongqing and Zibo. SM Prime president Jeffrey Lim said the newest mall opening “gives SM Prime a wider perspective on China’s shopping culture, allowing us […]
National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario has been elected the new chair of the National Com- mission for Culture and the Arts. His election on Jan. 5 will go to Malacañang for confirmation and formal appointment by President Duterte. NCCA chair is chosen and elected from the heads of the cultural agencies that sit on […]
Award-winning screenwriter and author Ricky Lee comes out with his latest book Kung Alam N’yo Lang: Mga Kuwentong Pambata Para sa Mga Hindi Na Bata, a collection of four stories told from the point of view of four children. Lee, who grew up reading comics, says children may read his new book in order to […]
Six people, three Chinese nationals and three Filipinos, arrested at a suspected shabu laboratory in San Juan City were charged with violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. Chinese nationals Shi Gui Xiong, alias Xiong, Che Wen De, alias Jacky Tan, and Wu Li Yong, alias David Go; and their alleged Filipino cohorts Abdullah Mahmod […]