DFA consular offices open for women on select Saturdays of March

Dianne Sampang 03/01/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) consular offices (COs) across the country will be open to all women on select Saturdays of March for passport services. This activity is in line with the celebration of…

Pagasa: 0-1 storm may hit PH this March

Jason Sigales 03/01/2025

MANILA, Philippines — From zero to one storm is expected in or around the  Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) this month,  according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). “Ngayong buwan ng Marso ay posibleng…

March inflation higher at 3.7% but still within gov’t target range

Ian P. Cigaral 04/06/2024

MANILA, Philippines — March inflation picked up to 3.7 percent year-on-year in March, from 3.4 percent in February, due to higher prices of key food items like vegetables, meat and rice, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported…

Police detain 50 after Pride march in Istanbul

Reuters 06/26/2023

ISTANBUL — Turkish police detained at least 50 people on Sunday after Istanbul’s LGBT community held their annual Pride march. The government led by President Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party has toughened its stance on…

Shift to old school calendar gets teachers’ support

Jane Baustista, Julie Aurelio 06/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The three-member Makabayan bloc on Monday filed a bill that would revert the 2024 to 2025 school calendar to the prepandemic schedule of June to March, with students going on break in April and…

Bongbong Marcos: Gov’t studying bid to reinstate March as school vacation month

Daphne Galvez 04/24/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said the government is studying the proposal to return to the previous March school vacation schedule. The school vacation was moved from June to July due to the…

Bolongan is Sugbu’s Bowler of the Month of March

Glendale G. Rosal 03/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Luke Bolongan was crowned the Sugbuanon Bowlers United (SUGBU) Bowler of the Month for March on Sunday evening, March 26, at the SM Seaside City Cebu Bowling Center.  Bolongan outmatched 15 other qualifiers…

Lebanon has two times of day amid daylight savings dispute

Reuters 03/26/2023

BEIRUT — Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a month. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a…

A good read: ‘The COVID-19 catastrophe’

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 03/24/2023

March 2020 was when the government placed the Philippines under near-total lockdown. The COVID-19 virus had landed. But we had no idea what was down the road and how, if there would be a pandemic, it would…

UC graduate lands in Top 5 of March 2023 Physician Licensure Examination

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/17/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A University of Cebu College of Medicine Foundation Inc. graduate landed it the top 10 of the March 2023 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE), the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Thursday, March 16,…

Urban poor groups in Lapu-Lapu City receive 4 fire extinguishers each — Mayor Chan

Futch Anthony Inso 03/13/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 50 urban poor organizations in Lapu-Lapu City have each received four fire extinguishers from the city government on Monday, March 13, 2023. The distribution was led by Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan, as…

Reality bites

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 03/06/2023

I was on my first year of fellowship training and was the second person on call. The patient was a 5-year-old boy who was brought in because of ascending paralysis. He was in tears and whether it…

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