We have to acknowledge this lifelong predicament of ours and do our best to do something about it. There will always be a gap between our intentions and our deeds, our words and action, our desires and our capabilities,
A Department of Science and Technology funded clinical study on the prospects of tawa-tawa as a support treatment for mild to moderate cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 is set to start. DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña announced in
Had we known how our readers would react to the return of the DAILY STAR, we would have gone on publishing it even if we had to sell the shirts off our backs, to cite a hackneyed quotation. We did
The secretaries of the Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority praised Teleperformance for its optimism and support for the country’s economic and recovery development following the global pandemic, that has put the majority of businesses
The Macquarie Group Foundation, in partnership with the Australian government, is investing more than P43 million to support women-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines and help offset the pandemic’s impact on their businesses. The Macquarie-Investing in
Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) slumped by 3.7 percent in the first six months of 2020 and projected to contract by 2.5 percent yearlong, or amount to output loss of USD1.8 trillion. It will be the
The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD6) has reported that 84.38 percent or 15,586 of the 18,470 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the region have recovered, as of Nov. 16. As per regional
The Dumaguete City government is finalizing the guidelines this week to regulate the observance of its charter day and fiesta celebrations on Nov. 24 and 25, respectively, to minimize the risk of transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as
Unauthorized persons are no longer allowed to get into the city starting Nov. 20, to prevent further rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Mayor Edgardo Labella issued on Monday night Executive Order No. 105, establishing guidelines for travel
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged member of the New People’s Army recently surrendered to the Philippine National Police in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Through the combined efforts of police intelligence operatives of the Talisay City and Murcia Police Stations,
With days to go before Labor Day, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) will conduct a National Day of Action for Salary Increase in the National Capital Region, a press release from the organizers said. ACT and its regional union
Oil companies are set to adjust petroleum prices today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil, and Shell said they would increase gasoline prices by P0.55 per liter and slash prices of diesel by P0.95 per liter.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two suspected New People’s Army rebels, who are remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front, were captured on Thursday by Army soldiers and police troopers in Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. 2Lt. Dan Carlo
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday afternoon (United States time) paid a courtesy call to United States Rep. Ami Bera of California’s 6th District at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where the American legislator offered beer and
