The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is releasing commemorative stamps of 6 Filipino National Artists, marking their 2017 Birth Centenary. They are Cesar Legaspi for visual arts, Daisy Avellana for film and theater, Jose Maceda for music, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero national for theater, Leonor Orosa Goquingco for dance and Nick Joaquin for literature. PHLPost said that […]
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Valenzuela Gets 60 New Police Cars With Dashcams, K-9 Units
Valenzuela has received more resources to help safeguard the city against threats criminal and otherwise, in the form of 60 brand-new police vehicles all armed with dash cams. The new police vehicles are state of the art, costing Php 1,017,740 each and armed with dashcams and GPS to ensure their responsible use. The dashcams inside […]
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The Valenzuela city police force recently got new comrades in their fight against drugs and terrorism. They now have six canine dogs to help keep the city safe as the “paw-lice” force. Last January 12, Mayor Rexlon Gatchalian introduced their new teammates – Jhunjay and Zeus who are Labrador Retrievers; Onyok, a Jack Russel; Zanjo, […]
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IKEA To Announce Opening Date In PH This Year
Excited about all the rumors and speculation on famed Swedish furniture company IKEA’s plans to open their first store in the Philippines? Listen up: IKEA Sustainability and Communication Director Lars Svensson said that they’ll announce exactly when they’ll open their first store in the Philippines within this year. “I can say that within this year, we’ll announce […]
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Spain Names Madrid Street After Jose Rizal
Exactly 122 years after his death, National Hero Jose Rizal is still honoring the Filipino legacy abroad. A street in Madrid, Spain has been renamed after our National Hero, after a city hall resolution that approved changing the name of certain streets, squares and crossings, and replacing them with names suggested by the Commission on […]
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1st batch of 10-Year validity PHL passports released
The first batch of Philippine passports valid for 10 years has already been released. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced the issuance of the initial set of passports that will replace the 5-year valid passports issued before 2018. The new passports are issued to Filipinos 18 years or older and cost Php950 for regular […]
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6 Official Ways To Get Your New Passport Processed Faster
You can be excused from setting an online appointment to apply for your passport at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). In fact there are six official ways to get into the special processing lane. If you are a senior citizen, a minor, a person with disability, a single parent, a pregnant woman, or an […]
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LIST: 63 countries and territories where Filipinos can travel Visa-Free
Wonderful news for Filipino travellers. Philippine passport holders can now travel to 63 countries and territories visa-free! This makes the Philippine passport the 72nd most powerful in the world out of 199 passports according to Henley and Partners’ latest Visa Restrictions Index for 2018. This is an improvement from last year’s rank of 75th. Here […]
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M-Commerce, Car-care, and Agriculture among Top PH Business Ideas for 2018
If your New Year’s Resolutions for 2018 don’t include starting a business this year just yet, Entrepchamp Paulo Tibig says you may be missing out big. In his blog’s annually-published “Business Ideas”, Tibig details what he calls an “expanded list” of entrepreneurial opportunities available in 2018, particularly for millennials. “I anchored my insights for the […]
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80-Year Old Seamstress for the Black Nazarene Sews as “Act of Devotion”
For over 6 decades, 80-year old Lily Emralino has worked as a seamstress. However, during Traslacion, she spends most of her time sewing clothes for the Black Nazarene. She says that this is already a tradition as her mother did the same thing. More than this, however, Emralino says sewing for the Black Nazarene is […]
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21st Century learning methods made available nationwide
Philippine schools in the regions are now given access to 21st Century learning methods with the help of the Global Filipino School (GFS) program. GFS, with the partnership of the Department of Education and Globe Telecom, is expanding the program to 15 regions nationwide, just 2 regions short of a full coverage of the 17 […]
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New Zealand Waives Application Fees For Filipinos
There’s another reason to visit New Zealand this 2018. While the country is still requiring Filipinos to apply for visas before visiting the land of the Kiwis, the financial burden on applying for the document is now almost non-existent. According to the official website of New Zealand, Filipinos who intend to stay in New Zealand […]
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