Philippines opens Asia’s first Green Lane for seafarers’ free movement across borders
The Philippines has opened the first “green lane” for seafarers in Asia to allow the free movement of seafarers and personnel across borders.
72-year-old jeepney driver Elmer Cordero gets a store from donation drive
72-year-old Elmer Cordero, the oldest of six displaced jeepney drivers arrested back in June for protesting their loss of livelihood amid the nationwide quarantine, has been given a new source of income with his newly opened sari-sari store in front of his home in Caloocan.
Women and youth champion eco-farming, gardening in tourism trade fair
Women and youth were seen championing eco-farming and gardening in a recent tourism and travel trade fair held in Quezon City.
Bulacan’s Hagonoy Lighthouse restored to guide fisherfolk, mariners
The Hagonoy Lighthouse in Bulacan has been restored and reinstalled by the Philippine Coast Guard to guide fisherfolk and mariners navigating the waters at night.
CONTEST: Search for Philippines’ best young letter writer for Switzerland tilt
The search is on for the Philippines' best young writer to represent the country in the international letter-writing competition in Switzerland.
Cagayan Valley textile innovation facility promotes native natural fibers
Cagayan Valley is set to be the site of a new textile innovation facility that promotes the local production and use of native natural fibers from the Philippines.
UP Campus’ PAGASA Astronomical Observatory opens to walk-in guests
The PAGASA Astronomical Observatory inside the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus will open to walk-in guests seeking to use its telescope to view the skies during National Astronomy Week.
JUST IN: Manila begins drive-thru COVID testing
Manila's drive-thru COVID-19 testing center in front of the Andres Bonifacio Monument is set to begin operations on Wednesday.
Surigao del Sur residents to plant 1.3 million trees by 2021
The residents of the municipality of Cantilan in Surigao del Sur province in Eastern Mindanao will be planting 1.3 million trees by the year 2021.
Filipino street food Lumpiang Shanghai rated world’s best by TasteAtlas readers
Filipino dish Lumpiang Shanghai was named in the Top 50 of the 100 Best Rated Street Foods in the World released by the food encyclopedia, TasteAtlas.
Health workers can now catch free rides to hospitals using Google Maps
Finding the best Free Ride routes for frontline health workers to quickly get to their respective medical facilities or hospitals is now made easier with the use of Google Maps.
GK community library wins Philippines’ 1st Venice Architecture Biennale award
The Filipino community library of the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm in Angat, Bulacan won the Philippines' first-ever award in the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy.
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