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Martial arts experts in Manila to celebrate club’s 80th year

by Wilma Yamzon - November 19, 2018 - 12:00am

Filipinos’ fascination for martial arts comes alive as more than 200 martial arts experts across the globe converge in Manila on Nov. 24 to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the Kong Han Athletic Club,...

Puerto Princesa starts drive to reverse bay pollution

by Wilma Yamzon - October 11, 2018 - 12:00am

Palawan’s capital city has begun efforts to reverse the damage brought about by pollution in Puerto Princesa Bay.

E-technology makes it easier to talk to lawyer

by Wilma Yamzon - September 13, 2018 - 12:00am

Science has made it possible to talk to a lawyer in a quick and easy way – thanks to e-lawyering, a modern electronic technology that will enable one to get legal advice/service online.

MRCUI launches online remittance

by Wilma Yamzon - August 8, 2018 - 12:00am

Tokyo-based Mango Remittance C U Inc. has launched its online remittance service in the country targeting overseas Filipino workers.

Seafarers group expands cooperative program

by Wilma Yamzon - April 23, 2017 - 12:00am

A seafarers’ group has expanded its cooperative program to make more loans available to seafarers and encourage them to get into business.

From grass to fuel is no pipe dream

by Wilma Yamzon - August 18, 2016 - 12:00am

Renewable energy experts have found a way to turn grass into fuel.

Food taster to Noy, Cory feted at PSG

by Wilma Yamzon - March 1, 2016 - 9:00am

For most of the past 30 years, retired Senior Police Officer 3 Jaime Castro has been performing one of the toughest jobs at Malacañang: tasting food before these are served to the president.

Science, medicine in wellness program

by Wilma Yamzon - December 4, 2014 - 12:00am

Science and medicine combined in a wellness program?

Thai group to invest in local corn farms

by Wilma Yamzon - April 6, 2014 - 12:00am

Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, a multi billion firm in Thailand, is investing in Vigan, Ilocos Sur after signing a sustainable corn production deal with the Provincial Government of Ilocos...

Time sharing: A new scheme in condo ownership

by Wilma Yamzon - January 10, 2014 - 12:00am

Time sharing, an innovative ownership scheme in the real estate industry, has hit the market.

Group wants 200 lawyers for pork scam prosecution

by Wilma Yamzon - September 23, 2013 - 12:00am

An anti-crime group is gathering 200 lawyer-volunteers to help the government in the prosecution of lawmakers allegedly involved in the P10-billion pork barrel scam.

Freemasonry building good character of men

by Wilma Yamzon - December 8, 2012 - 12:00am

From a handful of Filipino men who banded together in 18th century Spain to fight for freedom, masonry in the Philippines now has an estimated 25,000 members, almost all of them wielding considerable influence in...

Son of Prince Charles' wife raves about Pinoy dishes

by Wilma Yamzon - July 25, 2011 - 12:00am

After eating sisig, kare-kare, adobo and sinigang, the son of the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles, Tom Parker Bowles, raved about Filipino dishes in an article he wrote for a magazine in the United Ki...

Gen. Miguel Malvar, the forgotten hero

by Wilma Yamzon - June 12, 2011 - 12:00am

About five years ago, a group of Hollywood producers, led by Robert Brown, came to Manila to interview the only surviving daughter of a Filipino National Hero — Dr. Isabel Malvar Villegas.

New technology eyed to curb smuggling

by Wilma Yamzon - September 27, 2010 - 12:00am

The government is studying a new technology that promises to help control, if not eliminate, smuggling and raise much needed revenue for the country.

3 would-be robbers take DLSU student hostage

by Wilma Yamzon - August 14, 2010 - 12:00am

Three suspected robbers held hostage a De La Salle University (DLSU) student yesterday afternoon after taking P10,000 from a courier firm along Quirino Avenue in Manila.

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