By Michael Punongbayan/The Philippine Star – Some 150 government offices failed a test for red tape conducted by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) last year. Among the offices that flunked in the Report Card Survey (RCS) published in The STAR yesterday were the Government Service Insurance System (27 branches), Read more »
By Augusto F. Villalon/Philippine Daily Inquirer – Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault of France and Vice President Jejomar Binay of the Philippines inaugurated the exhibit “Philippines: Archipel des Échanges (Philippines: Archipelago of Exchange)” last April 8 at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. Philippine Ambassador to France Cristina Ortega Read more »
By Dexter Rodrigo Matilla/philstar.com – Ariella Arida describes herself as just an average person but for the next 365 days, she’ll be anything but as she is now Bb. Pilipinas-Universe 2013. The 24-year-old Arida brought home the crown last night at the culmination of the 50th year of Bb. Read more »
By Michael L. Tan/Philippine Daily Inquirer – The results of the recent Social Weather Stations survey on Roman Catholic (I’ll use “Catholic” from here on, for convenience) belief and practice in the Philippines have caused a stir, particularly the figure of 9 percent of respondents agreeing with the statement “Sometimes Read more »
By Amanda Lago/GMANews – For most people, the cowboy is a foreign, distinctly all-American symbol. What usually comes to mind is John Wayne, the Marlboro Man, Buffalo Bill, the Wild West. But for the people of Masbate in Bicol, the cowboy is more familiar than foreign. As the Philippine’s Read more »
By Jaime Laude/The Philippine Star – A Chinese fishing vessel ran aground at the Tubbataha marine park late Monday, just days after a US warship that hit the protected heritage site in the Sulu Sea was removed. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Lt. Commander Armand Balilo said the Chinese Read more »
