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Remed sales accelerate in 2nd quarter
After a majority stake in its ownership was acquired by MOHS Analytics, Inc. in the last quarter of 2024, Remed Pharmaceuticals recorded accelerated sales in the first half of 2025. Sales in the first semester grew by 88 percent versus target, and 35 percent growth over the same period in 2024. Growth in the quarter…
Sip, Swing, and Savor: Boris Café Brings Coffee and Mini Golf Together in Pampanga
In a world of cookie-cutter cafés, Boris Café in Barangay Baliti, City of San Fernando, Pampanga offers something refreshingly different—a cozy coffee shop paired with an 8-hole mini golf course. Co-founded by Iñigo Santos and Joy Bautista, Boris Café was born from the duo’s shared love for coffee and golf. “Why not have both the…
TESDA awards outstanding TVET programs
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has conferred honors to exemplary technical vocational education and training (TVET) programs in the country through the agency’s System for TVET Accreditation and Recognition (STAR) Awards Program. The recognition was awarded during the 7th National Quality TVET Forum held on July 8 at the Hilton Manila Hotel,…
Lanao del Norte, DepEd, DOST launch future-ready classroom with 21st century learning technology
Baroy,LANAO DEL NORTE – IN a significant move to modernize the learning environment, the Department of Science and Technology Region 10 (DOST-10), in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the provincial government of Lanao del Norte, launched the 21st Century Learning Environment Model (21st CLEM) at the Lanao del Norte National High School…
KALIBO LGU TURNOVER CEREMONY
Symbolic Turnover of Official Documents and Records, Turnover of the Key of Responsibility this 30th day of June 2025 at ATI-ATIHAN TOWN HALL of KALIBO, AKLAN. Hon. JURIS B. SUCRO, Re-elected Municipal Mayor and Hon. PHILLIP V. KIMPO, Jr. Municipal Vice Mayor of Kalibo, Aklan. The newly elected Sangguniang Bayan members: From left to right:…
PTFOMS Hails Court’s Acquittal of Bacolod Journalist in Libel Case
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) applauds the Bacolod City Regional TrialCourt Branch 53’s decision to acquit journalist Erwin “Ambo” Delilan, formerly of SunStar-Bacolod,after nearly two decades of legal proceedings. The court determined the prosecution failed to prove libel charges beyond a reasonable doubt, chargesthat arose in 2005. Delilan’s reporting on a dispute…
PTFOMS Monitoring Probe into Killing of Former Radio Broadcaster in General Santos
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) is closely monitoring the ongoinginvestigation into the fatal shooting of former radio anchor Ali Macalintal on Monday, June 23, 2025,in General Santos City. Macalintal, a former broadcaster for RPN-DXDX General Santos, sustained three gunshot wounds andwas declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. In coordination with…
PAPI ELECTS ITS NEW BOARD FOR 2025-2028
By Binsoy Velasquez MANILA, PHILIPPINES — One of the country’s largest and oldest media organizations representing the publishing sector, the Publisher’s Association of the Philippines Inc. (PAPI), has elected its new set of board members last June 24, 2025, at the National Press Club in Intramuros, Manila. The newly elected officials are now-President, Rebecca M….
PCO Secretary Jaybee Ruiz Urges United Front Against Fake News at PAPI 2025 Midyear Assembly and National Elections
During the 2025 Midyear General Assembly of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI), the spotlight turned to the urgent fight against disinformation as Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Hon. Jaybee C. Ruiz took the stage. Speaking before a diverse gathering of media practitioners at the National Press Club in Manila on June 24,…
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary REX Gatchalian leads the oath-taking ceremony of newly promoted officials at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City on Wednesday (June 18). Among those who took their oath were Mr. Peter Paul Ang, promoted as Director III and designated Head of the Media Welfare Unit and Advocacy…