Malacañang website containing historical records goes down

Zacarian Sarao 05/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang’s official website, which also stored the Presidential Museum and Library that contained the historical records of the Martial Law regime under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., had suddenly gone down on Monday.…

Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu finally arrives in the Philippines

Doris Mondragon - Social Media Specialist 04/25/2022

CEBU, Philippines— Reigning Miss Universe queen Harnaaz Sandhu arrived in Manila on Sunday, April 24, 2022.  The beauty queen updated fans by posting a photo showing an aerial view of an island tagging Philippines as location. She…

Pia Wurtzbach and Jeremy Jauncey back in Manila

Doris Mondragon - Social Media Specialist 04/18/2022

CEBU, Philippines— The power couple are now back in Manila together.  The couple spent some quality time on a vacation in Switzerland.  The two shared photos from their trip back to Manila in their respective Instagram pages…

Philippines unfazed by Vietnam’s hard-to-beat stance for SEA Games

Glendale G. Rosal 04/11/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine delegation is unfazed as Vietnam puts up a hard-to-beat stance a month before the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol”…

Karolina Bielawska of Poland is the 70th Miss World

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 03/17/2022

CEBU, Philippines — A new queen was hailed Miss World. It’s Karolina Bielawska of Poland.  The reigning Miss World Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica, the longest-reigning queen since 2019, crowned her successor at the 70th Miss World in San Juan,…

PH logs 3,574 new cases of COVID-19, lowest since start of 2022

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 02/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday recorded 3,574 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest since the year began, together with 14,644 recoveries. This was registered, however, amid a low number of tests at…

Yuka Saso now officially representing Japan in LPGA

MARK GIONGCO 01/18/2022

MANILA, Philippines—Star golfer Yuka Saso will officially represent Japan when she competes in the upcoming LPGA event in Orlando, Florida. The LPGA has already recognized Saso as a Japanese citizen with the 20-year-old rising star’s profile on…

DOH detects Omicron variant in 2 travelers from Japan, Nigeria

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 12/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed having detected the COVID-19 Omicron variant in two travelers who recently arrived in the Philippines from Japan and Nigeria. A press release from the DOH on Wednesday…

Philippine bet wins Miss Culture International 2021

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 12/08/2021

CEBU, Philippines—Another Filipina brought home an international beauty crown. Samela Aubrey Godin was recently crowned Miss Culture International 2021. The pageant’s coronation night was held in Johannesburg, South Africa last December 4, 2021.  Godin, aside from clinching…

With latest confrontation in WPS, Isko reiterates ‘fearless’ stance in defending territory

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter 11/18/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso reiterated on Thursday that he will be “fearless” in fighting for the country’s territory if he is elected president in 2022, amid the latest Chinese intrusion near the…

Gov’t to require COVID-19 vaxxing of on-site workers starting Dec. 1

Daphne Galvez 11/12/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Starting Dec. 1, the government will require COVID-19 vaccination of all eligible employees doing on-site work in public and private firms located in areas where there are sufficient supplies of vaccines, Malacañang said Friday.…

Wild yarns and stunted exports

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 11/02/2021

In all of East and Southeast Asia, the Philippines was second only to Japan in average income in the late 1950s, based on data compiled by the late British economic historian Angus Maddison. Ours was among the…

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