January 20, 2021

Rebound and abound

Welcome to the new year! Cebu Landmasters chairman and chief executive officer, Joe Soberano III, describes 2021 as “the year of the rebound and abound”. These words not only echo the aspirations of a business community battered by the unexpected

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God Bless the Philippines!

One hundred million vaccinations in his first 100 days. That was the promise of then presidential candidate Joe Biden to the American people who promptly voted for him, rejecting incumbent leader Donald Trump who had not shown much interest in

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Learning crisis

Advocacy group Philippine Business for Education is pushing for a comprehensive set of reforms to address a learning crisis in the country. “Our students, as reported by three international learning assessments, are ranked among the lowest in the world in

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San Carlos gives loan assistance

The San Carlos City government, through Mayor Renato Gustilo, turned over three checks, worth P60,000 each, to registered associations, at the City Mayor’s Office yesterday. The three groups that received the assistance facilitated by the Cooperatives and Livelihood Development Office

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Gov’t addressing high food prices

The government has readied immediate and medium-term solutions to help tame the increase in the prices of food items, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gave the assurance, as prices of agricultural products and other food items remain high

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SSS Bacolod closed for disinfection

The Social Security System temporarily closed its Bacolod branch located at Lacson Street for two days for sanitation and disinfection as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus disease 2019 (CoVid-19) pandemic, its advisory said yesterday. Normal operations will resume tomorrow,

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Djokovic hit, Australian Open tensions run high

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios dismissed world number one Novak Djokovic as a “tool” as a backlash grew against tennis players flown in for the Australian Open during a raging pandemic. Kyrgios joined a wave of criticism of the Serb for reportedly

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Fight sport athletes in ‘Calambubble’ 99% complete

Almost everyone called up to the national team training for three combat sports are now at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba City in Laguna, Philippine Sports Institute national training director Marc Velasco said yesterday. During the Philippine Sportswriters Association

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My garden in Bacolod

When I look out of my courtyard in Paris, France, it’s easy to get homesick for Bacolod. Although there’s a beautiful garden just across my street in a downtown chateau, it’s not accessible to me night and day. One has

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Good Friday liquor ban in EB Magalona

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total liquor ban will take effect on March 29, Good Friday, in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. The 24-hour liquor ban was ordered by Mayor Marvin Malacon, in his Executive Order No. 31, series of 2024.

Charter change and agriculture

“We must plant the seeds of change and nurture them daily through our actions and choices.” – Kari Martinez Since the promulgation of the 1987 Philippine constitution, attempts at changing it just never die down. During every dispensation of power

24 degrees

The Filipino obsession with the cold is one of our more interesting ticks that we really need to figure out if we, as a people, intend to make a global contribution to fighting climate change by reducing greenhouse emissions through

Vandalized

When an anonymous reader sent a text message to the office, requesting that attention be brought to the issue of vandalism, which is becoming a problem once more, I was happy to oblige for several reasons. The first reason is