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Angelica Y. Yang THE technical staff of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is set to complete by February its evaluation on whether the biggest power provider in the Visayas had charged “high electricity rates” in the area as alleged by a business group, an official of the agency said on Tuesday. Floresinda G. Baldo-Digal, ERC commissioner-in-charge, said the regulator’s technical team is evaluating the letter sent by Visayan Electric Co., Inc. to explain its side. “The ...

UH Mānoa programs. Lance Collins and Zachary Lum, features 11 Filipino folk songs translated into ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and two Hawaiian songs sung in Ilokano. Proceeds will benefit the Refugee and Immigration Law Clinic in the William Collins, an attorney on Maui, earned five degrees from UH—his last was a PhD in political science in 2010. Lum, a founding member of the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning group Keauhou, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UH Mānoa, and is cur...

ILIGAN CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) - To sustain another year of inclusive learning, wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Save the Children Philippines jointly donated four School-in-a-Bag packages for learning communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).  Under the partnership, four portable digital classrooms will be deployed to schools in Lumba-Bayabao, Lanao Del Sur, including an Integrated Madrasah. Madrasah education is a comprehensive ...

.  About 30 percent of the platform users looking at Philippine properties come from those aged 25 to 34 years old. The study suggests that millennials abroad may be looking for properties to house their family or tap into sources of passive income. They may likewise be seizing employment opportunities locally. Gen Y on Home Ownership This finding supports earlier observations by property experts shared in recent Lamudi roundtable discussions. In the virtual forum held in September titled , i...

SunStar Eksena Cinema Quarantine (Covid-19 Filmmakers’ Diaries) “Random People” one of the short films included in Eksena Eksena Logo January 22, 2021 ISOLATION is nothing new to any artist. Once or more times in an artist’s life, he or she goes through this. But this Covid situation that we are all going through moved everyone into the forced homestay. These 16 Filipino filmmakers from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao weaved stories chronicling their struggles and triumphs dur...

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, who represented President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, receives the commemorative banknote and medal in honor of legendary Cebuano warrior chieftain Lapulapu, whom President Duterte promised to elevate to a national hero. (Photo by Alehia Therese V. Abuan/PIA-NCR) PARAÑAQUE CITY, Jan. 20 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Monday launched the Lapulapu 5000-Piso Commemorative Banknote and Medal to celebrate Lapulapu’s victory during the Batt...

SunStar Downrange Daddy conducts Junior Shoot Camp BACOLOD. Kids find this experience to be more educational. They are being equipped with lifes basic skills of self-defense. (Photo by Carla N. Cañet) BACOLOD. Kids find this experience to be more educational. They are being equipped with lifes basic skills of self-defense. (Photo by Carla N. Cañet) BACOLOD. Downrange Daddy professional gun instructors Jose Carlos Coruña, (5th from left), Daddy in the Kitchen Manol...

DAVAO CITY Jan. 18(PIA)- Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio told city residents to prepare for the thor

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas unveils the commemorative banknote and medal to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Victory in Mactan

MANILA, Jan. 18 —The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in cooperation with the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), launched today the 5000-Piso Lapulapu Commemorative Banknote and Medal to kickoff the 99-day countdown to the 500th anniversary of the “Victory at Mactan.”In...