FUNFARE – Ricky Lo (The Philippine Star) November 17, 2020 Until or even after this interview, Elijah Canlas has been pinching himself to see that it isn’t just a dream that is, beating nine other nominees for Best Actor in the just-concluded Gawad Urian, the country’s credible awards given by the Manunuri (critics), including three…
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the measure that would do away with the lengthy and costly judicial process of marriage annulment. House Bill No. 6779, authored by Deputy Speaker Gwendolyn Garcia and Leyte 1st Dist. Rep. Yedda Marie Kittilstvedt-Romualdez, was passed with 203 votes on Monday afternoon. The said measure would provide…
Agence France-Presse /July 13, 2022 LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday awarded the George Cross to the state-run National Health Service (NHS) for its work over the past 74 years and praised its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The George Cross is the highest non-military award for gallantry bestowed by the British government. The queen presented…
For the second time last month, the Supreme Court took steps to make use of two writs that may offer significant protection to political and social activists facing threats to their lives, liberty and security because of their continuing defense of human rights. The order to take up the two writs – the judicial remedies…
Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat MANILA — On Feb. 14, youth and students together with media practitioners trooped to the College of Mass Communication in University of the Philippines in Diliman denouncing the recent attack against press freedom. Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat This is after the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer,…
Teachers group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has made a call for the inclusion of the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) cash incentive to the 2019 national budget, after Department of Education in Region 11(DepEd-11) declared the status of “no savings” last year.