Month: December 2023

Prepare for strong quakes up to magnitude 8.2: Phivolcs

QUEZON CITY – A series of strong earthquake jolted Mindanao and Luzon, including Metro Manila, the past days causing damages to buildings and infrastructures, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to warn the people to always  be prepared for strong…

As I See It: Early planning: The ingredient of success for the Trailblazers

While philosopher Sun Tzu said: “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu must be referring to strategic planning as an ingredient of success which was supported by Drew…

Upside (Cherie M. Querol Moreno): A ‘Full circle’ tribute

ALLICE Alliance for Community Empowerment Vice President Jen Jimenez Wong had been preparing for her husband tech ace Chris Wong’s birthday on Monday, December 4.  Instead she and her family honored her mother Annalee Salas Jimenez on the first day…

Cristina Osmeña: Here lies ‘Here Lies Love’

The Broadway production about the ascent and descent of Imelda Marcos, conceived (including music and lyrics) by David Byrne of the Talking Heads and Fatboy Slim with additional music for this version from Tom Ganney and Jose Luis Pardo, closed…

SBMA takes over aviation services company in Subic for failure to pay almost P20M dues

By Armie C. Llamas SUBIC BAY FREEPORT– Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has taken over , Aviation Hub Asia, Inc., an aviation services company inside this premier Freeport, for failing to comply with the agency’s lease agreement. According to SBMA…

President Marcos, VP Duterte continue to drift apart

By Beting Laygo Dolor, Manila Editor MANILA – Their claims to the contrary notwithstanding, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Vice President Sara Duterte are no longer as united as they say they are. Marcos has been widely praised for extending…

EDITORIAL: Marcos has four more years of opportunity

There are many ways of looking at the Marcos presidency thus far. By his own admission, there have been serious problems that were not properly addressed to his satisfaction, foremost of which is the high inflation rate experienced by the…

Health & Wealth (Art Gabot Madlaing): Rediscovering Crocker-Amazon Park in San Francisco

For more than seven years, I stopped visiting and walking alone inside the Crocker-Amazon Park located just four blocks away from our home in San Francisco, California.   This happened when my 100-year-old client (the late Mr. Alonzo) was harmed…

Through A Looking Glass (Alice H Reyes): Rain

Raindrops falling on my roof transport me to a time in my youth when life was oh so carefree!      Back in the day, at our cul-de-sac street named Minerva, Aviles, we used to welcome the rain  and played under it….

Tito, Vic, and Joey win ‘Eat Bulaga’ dispute as IPOPHL cancel’s TAPE’s trademark

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) has canceled the trademark registration of “Eat Bulaga” by Television and Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE), ruling that it was Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey De Leon who came up with the…