Former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada has declared a five-day holiday in the nation’s capital city as Pope Francis goes to the Philippines for an Apostolic Visit from January 15 to 19, 2015. During those dates (it will cover Thursday to Monday), classes
First of all, who is Marcelo Santos III? He is the author of two books with themes revolving on love and relationships. Based on the number of his followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, he is a social media superstar. His followers are mostly Filipinos
Even if it is already moving out of the Philippines, tropical depression “Queenie” is still affecting parts of Western Visayas and the province of Palawan as of Thursday night. In its final weather bulletin for November 27 (read the report here), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical
“Ala Eh!” Festival 2014 The province of Batangas will be marking its annual foundation day anniversary this coming December 8, Monday. The day has been declared as a special non-working holiday in the said Southern Luzon province through Proclamation 913. This was signed by Executive
The 82nd birth anniversary of former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., martyr of democracy and father of current President Benigno Aquino III, will be commemorated this November 27, Thursday. November 27 of each year is a special non-working public holiday in Tarlac through Republic Act (RA) 8151. It took effect
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao retains his WBO welterweight title by dominating American fighter Chris Aligieri en route to a unanimous in their fight Sunday night. Two judges scored it 119-103 while another one scored it 120-102. The previously undefeated Aligieri looked every bit the underdog from
In a video posted on his Facebook page Sunday morning (Manila time), Jeremy Lin of the Los Angeles Lakers wished Filipino boxing icon good luck for his coming fight against American Christopher Algieri. At the end of the 10-second clip, Lin imitated Pacquiao’s antics in
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will be defending his WBO (World Boxing Organization) welterweight title against American boxer Christopher Algieri late Sunday morning (Manila time). The fight will be held at the Cotai Arena inside The Venetian Macao in Macau, China. Pacquiao is coming from wins
Taguig will be marking its 10th cityhood anniversary this coming December 8, Monday. The day has been declared by President Benigno Aquino III as a special non-working holiday through Proclamation 914, which Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa signed on his behalf last November 13. Read the
Our family has been a subscriber of Bayan Telecommunications (or simply BayanTel) shortly after we moved from Manila to Quezon City back in 1997. That’s not necessarily out of loyalty. It’s more because BayanTel is the only telephone company operating in our barangay. Their service