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“According to the PhilPost, they are open to the utilization of the property not purely anymore as a post office but as a mixed-use facility that would result in the creation of a cultural corridor within the city of Manila, especially considering its proximity to other heritage sites such as Intramuros,”  Frasco said.

THE Intramuros Administration (IA) is seeking additional funds to help secure the walled city and protect the artifacts therein. At Tuesday’s hearing on the proposed 2024 budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its attached agencies, IA administrator Joan Padilla said under the National Expenditure Progam for 2024, her agency was allocated only P1.8

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The Senate Committee on Ways and Means recommends a three-month phaseout of Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) and the adoption of measures that would stem the job losses that would be caused by such a move.

Here’s how the 50-year-old organization is bringing in the younger generation

The Philippine constitution protects the right of every Filipino to travel. Thanks to the new departure procedures that the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) will roll out in a few days, our constitutionally protected right to travel is about to become illusory. Netizens have already started lambasting the new protocols. In…

THE Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) has urged  the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) to review the 2023 Interagency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) revised guidelines on departure requirements for Filipino passengers traveling abroad to ensure that Filipino travelers are not “unnecessarily burdened” with additional documentary requirements. In the Senate, days…

THE Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Sonny Angara, rendered a committee report Tuesday endorsing approval of a comprehensive measure to institutionalize and harmonize all initiatives advocating a “Tatak Pinoy” or “Proudly Filipino” to push the economy, improve lives and enhance the national branding for key sectors. Among those joining…

Senator Nancy Binay, taking up the cudgels for affected travelers, took issue with the new controversial rules of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) now being enforced by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). The senator suggested that concerned authorities should “focus more on using technology to improve profiling, instead of…

IN a recent briefing of the Development Budget Coordination Committee on the P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024, our colleague and good friend Senator Nancy Binay narrated an interesting anecdote about her office’s toilet paper. Sen. Nancy noted that the quality of the toilet paper, which costs a mere P7…

Editor’s note: In her September 8, 2021 column in BusinessMirror, Susan V. Ople, fondly called “Toots” by everyone, shows her passion and courage in taking up good—albeit hard—causes. Despite battling cancer, Toots did her job as the first Department of Migrant Workers secretary, taking a “wellness leave” only a few weeks ago,…