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Filipinos Hope for Positive Changes in 2024
The new year brings new hope for every Filipino dreaming of improving their economic status and living a life where they can have three meals a day. This is a modest dream of a small Filipino that remains a dream due to the lack of action from those in authority. Often, lawmakers and local officials […] The post Filipinos Hope for Positive Changes in 2024 appeared first on Bicol Peryodiko......»»
Tinamaan kaming dalawa : Rumored lovers Kim Chiu, Paulo Avelino test positive for COVID-19
Kapamilya stars Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino tested positive for COVID-19 at around the same time and are reportedly the only members of their show's cast to have contracted COVID......»»
News5 adds two more seasoned journalists to its roster
In the advent of paid troll farms, “black ops” and fake news being peddled and packaged in the guise of legitimate news article formats, the need for real journalists is more vital than ever......»»
Lapu-Lapu: 2 from city hospital fail drug test, risk termination
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Two of the more than a hundred employees of the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital tested positive for illegal drugs use during a surprise drug test held on Friday. Garry Lao, executive director of the City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (CLOSAP), said the two employees risk termination from government service......»»
More Filipino boxers gunning for world title in 2024
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Passionate Filipino boxing fans were utterly disappointed with Jerwin Ancajas‘ ninth-round knockout loss in the hands of World Boxing Association (WBA) world bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue in Tokyo, Japan, last Saturday. Many of these fans believed that the era of Philippine boxing was over and finding another “Manny Pacquiao” wasn’t that.....»»
The paradoxes of life
Have you ever heard of the term “The Double Negative Paradox?” One day, a linguistics professor said during a lecture, “In English, a double negative forms a positive......»»
US CPI for December slightly hotter than expected
The data for the US Consumer Price Index in December showed that prices increased 3.4% y/y, which was higher than the November CPI result (3.1% y/y) and (more importantly) higher than the consensus expectations in the market of a 3.2% y/y increase......»»
Destruction of Gaza in numbers: ‘Unlike anything we have studied’
As well as killing more than 34,000 people and causing catastrophic levels of hunger and injury, the seven-month war between Israel and Hamas has also caused massive material destruction in Gaza. “The rate of damage being registered is unlike anything we have studied before. It is much faster and more extensive than anything we have.....»»
Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years
Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years.....»»
LGU loans more than tripled in H2
The proposed domestic borrowings of local government units (LGUs) more than tripled to P48.9 billion in the second half of 2023 from P15.8 billion in the same period in 2022, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported......»»
More Pinoys identify with Marcos than Duterte – poll
A majority of Filipinos identify themselves either as pro-Marcos administration or pro-Duterte family, with most of them saying they support the current President more than his predecessor, according to a survey on political preference conducted by the OCTA Research Group......»»
More Pinoys identify with Marcos than Duterte – poll
A majority of Filipinos identify themselves either as pro-Marcos administration or pro-Duterte family, with most of them saying they support the current President more than his predecessor, according to a survey on political preference conducted by the OCTA Research Group......»»
DOH: Pertussis cases 20 times more than last year
DOH: Pertussis cases 20 times more than last year.....»»
Make public schools local
It is obvious that we need more than the million plus DepEd bureaucracy to fast track the resurrection of our international reputation badly tarnished by results of recent international tests placing our children at the bottom of a list of many countries in terms of reading and math skills. More than our bruised national ego, our learning poverty of 90 percent dooms the economic future of our country......»»
First week of voter registration gathers more than 29K registrants
First week of voter registration gathers more than 29K registrants.....»»
DSWD: Giving cash more practical than bags of rice
The Department of Social Welfare and Development stands by its position that it is “more practical and efficient” to give the P600/month rice subsidy to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in cash rather than actual bags of rice......»»
Foreign investment pledges more than double
Foreign investment pledges approved by investment promotion agencies surged by more than 127 percent to P394.45 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 from P173.61 billion a year ago amid the country’s strong economic performance, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority......»»
Palestinians brace for Rafah evacuation, Israeli assault plan
More than a million people driven southwards by more than four months of Israeli bombing of Gaza are packed into Rafah and surrounding areas on the coastal enclave's border with Egypt.....»»
More than 600 join northern escapade
More than 600 join northern escapade.....»»
More than 3,500 security forces deployed for Sinulog 2024
CEBU CITY, Philippines – More than 3,500 security forces were sent off on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, to secure the 495th Fiesta Señor and Sinulog Festival celebrations. The send-off ceremony was held at the SM Seaside Concert Ground and was attended by Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama. The troops, who were from the different security.....»»