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A ‘man-toy’ to remember: ML Marecar gives back to community

/ from March 16, 2021

FILLED with passion, a social worker from Brooke’s Point, Palawan proved that the virus cannot stop a heart who has committed to serve. Instead, it further ignited her desire to give back to her community. With a brave heart, she continued serving the people even in the midst of the ...

Cultivating kindness: All possible for Ate Arlyn

/ from March 03, 2021

NO VIRUS can stop a health worker from Baco, Marinduque from fulfilling her duties and responding to the call to help her community despite the limitations brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.Arlyn Mandia, or Ate Arlyn to her friends, 53, has been working as a Barangay Health Worker (BHW) in Agot, ...

Roque acknowledges telco service improvement

/ from February 08, 2021

FRESH from the special briefing and update about the Globe network after the Bayanihan Act 2 and Arta JMC have been implemented, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque acknowledged the efforts of Globe and the telco industry in improving services to the Filipino people.Globe president and chief executive officer Ernest Cu said ...

Only ash and shells of homes left on volcano isle

/ from January 11, 2021

TAAL VOLCANO -- The island is a ghost town, its trees just dead sticks in a gray landscape, its homes and school ash-covered and damaged by continuing earthquakes and the explosive volcanic eruption that occurred one year ago.Fisherman Rogelito Cacao regularly visits his home on the volcanic island south of ...

Paying kindness forward through teaching

/ from December 15, 2020

IF THERE is one thing Jerielle Malonzo knows by heart, it is that there is great value in not being handed everything in life.The one-time Insular Life Gold Eagle Scholar and now University of the Philippines (UP) instructor puts premium not only on hard work but on initiative as well. ...

Customers give Globe high remarks on network improvements

/ from December 08, 2020

GLOBE posts high scores from customers in several categories when it comes to its mobile and data services. This is based on the latest independent survey conducted in November 2020. A total of 1,200 respondents took part in the survey.Majority of Globe subscribers gave positive responses on their ...

Frontliner shares story of her own battle with Covid-19

/ from November 24, 2020

HAD she not been too afraid to work in a hospital, Analyn Guivencan would have been in Israel by now, working as a caregiver and earning more for her family. And yet, years after she turned her back on that opportunity, Analyn finds herself exactly where she did not intend ...

REPLAY AND TRANSCRIPT: State of the Nation Address 2020

/ from July 27, 2020

MISSED the fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Rodrigo Duterte? Here's a replay courtesy of RTVM.READ: Summary of Duterte's Sona 2020Here's the transcript.[Delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City | July 27, 2020]Kindly...Senate President Vicente Sotto III and the ...

Donated bikes help ease difficulties through pandemic

/ from July 23, 2020

MANILA -- A year after he passed away at age 17, Benjamin Canlas is still making the world a better place - one bike at a time.The teenager is the inspiration for an unusual giveaway of mountain bikes, presented to Filipinos who are struggling to hold on to jobs in ...

Virus sidelines iconic Philippine jeeps, drivers

/ from June 24, 2020

MANILA -- The Philippines’ iconic passenger jeepney was one of the first casualties of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, with the government imposing a tight lockdown that sidelined Manila’s “king of the road” and its thousands of poor drivers.The restrictions imposed three months ago barred most public transport, forcing the gaudily ...

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