MANILA – The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) will be providing patent services to Brunei Darussalam IP Office (BruIPO), processing a maximum of 200 applications a year over the next five years. In a statement Monday, IPOPHL director general Rowel Barba said the BruIPO is outsourcing patent services following the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. officially launched the Food Stamp Program (FSP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday as he led the distribution of the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards to beneficiaries, paving the way for the administration’s ‘zero hunger’ campaign. In his speech during the launching of the FSP…
To recognize the outstanding achievements of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Region 1, the Department of Science and Technology Region 1 (DOST Region 1) conducted an on-site evaluation for the Calendar Year 2025 Search for the SETUP 4.0 Awards for MSMEs and the SETUP Praise Awards from July 7 to 10, 2025. The…
CONNECTOR ROAD. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairperson Romando ‘Don’ Artes (left) and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (center) lead the unveiling of the Greenhills-West Crame connector road on Monday (Dec. 16, 2024). Zamora said the connector road would help ease traffic in San Juan City by serving as an alternative road from Barangay Greenhills…
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court of the Philippines officially unveiled a historical marker from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on June 5, 2026, at the Supreme Court New Building in Padre Faura, Manila, as part of the celebration of the Court’s 125th Anniversary. The unveiling ceremony was led by Chief Justice…
VATICAN CITY – Sex must not become a form of entertainment, Pope Leo XIV said during an audience on Tuesday with a group of young French catechumens who are in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth. The American pontiff stressed the importance of “renouncing a culture of death that is so widespread in our society.” “This…
The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. intends to provide better quality jobs to Filipinos in the midst of sliding unemployment rate and slowing inflation, a socioeconomic planning official said on Tuesday. In a press briefing in Malacañang, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said that the Marcos administration’s whole-of-government approach…
No rainy season can stop 100 Muntinlupa weavers from earning and producing native crafts—all thanks to the Eco-Dryer developed by the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI). Now, they can expect stable, year-round production. For years, the talented weavers under the Gender and Development (GAD) Office of Muntinlupa City…
CITY OF MALOLOS – The Province of Bulacan headed by Governor Daniel R. Fernando emerged as Top 1 in Local Source Revenue Collections for Fiscal Year 2024 after garnering P3,393,740,000, topping all 82 Philippine provinces. In addition, the province also received the Top 3 in Ratio of Local Source Revenues to Total Current Operating Income,…
I miss you, Mom. Actor and BDO brand ambassador Alden Richards looks longingly at the picture of his late mother. “It happened when I was in high school. Mama got sick. Just like that, she was gone,” actor and BDO brand ambassador Alden Richards sadly recalled. “My world suddenly stopped. Our savings were quickly depleted. I had to…
