Alpha Kappa Rho (AKP) will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary on August 8, 2013. As one of the largest international Filipino fraternity and sororities, this milestone will be celebrated in many countries worldwide. The first chapter was formed in 1973 in the University of Santo Thomas (UST) in Manila on the Feast Day of St. Dominic, […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the Asian Pacific Community Fund (APCF) held its 7th Annual Giving for All Seasons Fundraising Gala. The gala was held at Fifth Floor, Los Angeles Music Center, 135 N. Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The event began at 6:00 pm with a hors d’oeuvres reception […]
Saturday & Sunday, September 7-8, 2013 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Pt. Fermin Park 807 W. Paseo Del Mar San Pedro (Los Angeles), CA 90731 Website: filamarts.org/fpac The 22nd Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture (FPAC) is an Angeleno tradition celebrating diversity through vivid artistry and cultural expression. It’s about you, me, family, tribes, being together, […]
THE PHILIPPINES and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore possible areas for economic cooperation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.
THE COUNTRY’S palay production for the first half of the year jumped by 1-2% year-on-year to 8-8.1 million metric tons from 7.89 million MT in the same period last year, an Agriculture official said in an interview Thursday.
WITH THE HIGH volume of sugar unshipped due to oversupply in the United States, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is now allowing the reclassification of “A” or US sugar as “D” or world market sugar.
MANILA (Mabuhay) – Whistleblower Benhur Luy on Wednesday dropped by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to give Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) numbers to prove that money being used by his supposed employer, businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, came from lawmakers’ “pork barrel.” Luy’s lawyer Levito Baligod told reporters his client visited the NBI along […]
MANILA, July 31 (Mabuhay) — Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla has ordered the reconnection of Albay Electric Cooperative (Aleco) to the national power grid by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Albay on Tuesday experienced a blackout after National Grid Corp. of the Philippines cut off power supply to Aleco due to the cooperative’s debts to power generators. The […]
Los Angeles, 01 August 2013 – The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles will be closed on 09 August 2013, in observance of Eid’L Fidtr (Feast of Ramadhan) under Presidential Proclamation No. 629. ###
State weather forecasters on Friday renewed their call for the release of their long-overdue benefits worth about P40 million that have been pending since last year, a television report said. “Kaya nakapagtitiis kami, alam naming within that span [of time] wala kaming makukuhang benefits, however, after nung June we expect na makukuha na namin dahil naiutang na po namin,” Mon Agustin, head of the Philippine Weathermen Employees Association (PWEA), said in a report on GMA News’ “24 Oras.” The report said two PAGASA employees had died without receiving their cash benefits. One of them, identified only as 64-year-old Lola Baby, died from stroke at the agency’s comfort room, while a PAGASA weather observer, Mike Lariza, had succumbed to cancer. “Pambili niya sa gamot niya [yung perang makukuha]. Siguro hindi na rin niya masustentuhan [ang pagbili ng gamot] dahil nga halos walang take home ‘yun, P1,500, at ang ATM niya naman nakasangla,” said Noli Lopez, Lola Baby’s cousin, in the same report. Aqustin said Lariza could have discovered his cancer at an earlier time if only he had received the promised benefits. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had promised the release of P39.5 million fund that would cover the unpaid benefits of PAGASA employees August last year. The television report noted that only about a third of PAGASA’s 900 employees have health cards, which they have paid voluntarily. “Baka mamaya sumunod na ako sa dalawang ‘yan, because of the pressure. Ang gusto lang po sana ay pagrespeto sa aming Read More …