Philippine Gov’t Offers Online Opera Workshop

The CCP will be mounting the “Discover Opera!” Online Workshop Series from October 22 to November 13, 2021. The aim of the workshop series is to foster an appreciation and interest in classical singing and opera, as well as to introduce participants and observers to vocal training via an online platform. The history and literature … Read more

Philippine Calamity Fund Becomes NPA Resources

Camp Downes, Ormoc City, September 10, 2021 – The farmers of Carigara, Leyte, where the Leyte Center for Development, Inc. (LCDE) operated for years as “a disaster response and development-oriented non-government organization (NGO)”, felt aggrieved that the so-called “agency” merely used them to generate funds from humanitarian aid agencies and other donors. Surfacing former LCDE … Read more

Is China World’s Fastest Clean Energy Innovator?

By Ambassador Huang Xilian: China rapidly goes green, now the world’s fastest transitioning clean energy country! China is now the leading country in incorporating a clean energy future through its scaled-up manufacturing of green technology in many sectors. By the end of 2020, China remains the top generator of wind and solar energy with a … Read more

Covid Vaccines Injected to Filipinos Reach 20.8 Million

Press Release: As of 01 August 2021, 6PM, a total of 20,863,544 doses have already been administered. 11,747,581 have received their first doses while 9,115,963 have already gotten the complete protection of the COVID-19 vaccines. The total doses administered in the 22nd week of our national vaccination reached 3,661,123 doses with an average of 523,018daily … Read more

Facts and Figures About Clark International Airport

By DOTr Asec G Hope Libiran FACTS and FIGURES about the Clark International Airport’s New Passenger Terminal Building: This is a joint project of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) led by Secretary Art Tugade, and BCDA led by Secretary Vince Dizon. The project involves the construction of a new Passenger Terminal Building (PTB), with a … Read more

Travel to Bulacan, Philippines Fast and Easy

Motorists going to Bulacan will soon have a better travel experience after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) through the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Thursday, 22 July 2021, with the NLEX Corporation, the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Marilao municipal government to start the construction of … Read more

Philippine Customs Stops Currency-Smuggling

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On numerous occasions since 2020, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) succesfully prevented attempts of currency-smuggling, and seized the subject local and foreign currencies and other monetary instruments amounting to P33,128,870.00, based on the report by the Intelligence Group-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (IG-CIIS) of the BOC as of July 14, 2021. The seized currencies originated … Read more

250K Doses of Moderna Covid Vaccines Arrive in the Philippines

The Bureau of Customs-NAIA (BOC-NAIA) cleared another batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, consisting of 250,800 doses, which arrived via Singapore airlines on July 15, 2021. Moderna, developed by American drug firm Moderna, Inc., is the seventh COVID-19 vaccine granted with emergency use approval in the Philippines on May 05, 2021, following the earlier FDA-approved COVID-19 … Read more

New Clark International Airport in Philippines To Reopen

Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, BCDA President Vince Dizon, and LIPAD, shall inspect one of the key projects of the “BUILD, BUILD, BUILD” Program — the new Clark International Airport (CRK) in Pampanga. This airport was completed despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Touted as “Asia’s … Read more

Japan Navy Forces Visit the Philippines

From July 9 to 11, the Japan Training Squadron of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) made a port visit to Davao City, Philippines. The visit of JS Kashima and JS Setoyuki of the JMSDF Training Squadron was part of the 65th Overseas Training Cruise whose purpose is to develop the newly commissioned officers’ seamanship … Read more

China Provides 550 Million Anti-Covid Vaccines to Covax

As the world is marching towards herd immunity, Sinopharm and Sinovac have reached advance purchase agreements with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to provide as many as 550 million doses of vaccines for the world through the COVAX Facility. Good to hear that Sinopharm will provide 60 million this year, and GAVI … Read more