The start of limited face-to-face (F2F) classes in state-run Mariano Marcos State University went smoothly on Monday after almost two years of flexible learning due to the pandemic. In her short welcome remarks before the students proceeded to their assigned retrofitted classrooms, vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Prima Fe Franco, reminded selected 6,000 students, the faculty, and staff to follow the minimum public health standards prescribed by the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Health, and the local government unit concerned. “You’re in good hands. Let’s embrace it for the sake of quality

Cedi Osman-led Cleveland Cavaliers came back from 20 points deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers 98-85 in a Sunday NBA game as the victors were dominant in the fourth quarter. Cleveland’s Turkish small forward Osman, 26, scored 22 points during the game, tallying 18 of them in the fourth quarter. He was one of the key players for the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers trailed by 34-14 in the second quarter in Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The Cavaliers team played an impressive final quarter to score 37 points, outscoring the Pacers by 20 in the final frame. The Pacers were leading the

All roads lead to the Philippine Arena in Sta. Maria, Bulacan on Tuesday for the proclamation rally of the entire BBM-Sara UniTeam as volunteers started to flock to the area as early as Saturday last week. The proclamation of presidential aspirant Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and his running-mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte will be the centerpiece of the occasion, which will be also highlighted by the formal introduction of the entire UniTeam’s senatorial ticket. Preparations for the “big event” have started as early as Saturday morning, with volunteers meticulously putting the final touches until Monday evening to ensure that

Twenty-four candidates running for various provincial posts in Antique signed a covenant Monday as they commit for a peaceful, safe, and orderly May 2022 election. Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao said her group joined the Unity Walk and Covenant Signing at the Antique Provincial Police Office (APPO) to show their commitment to an honest and peaceful election. Cadiao, who is eyeing her third term under the National Unity Party (NUP), is joined by reelectionist Vice Governor Edgar Denosta and neophyte congressional candidate Antonio Agapito Legarda, both under the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). “This is the rightful time for us to

Some 467 deformed steel bars were destroyed at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office compound here on Monday. Bobby Faronilo, Chief Trade and Development Specialist of DTI-Nueva Ecija, said the steel bars were confiscated from a hardware store in Santa Rosa town, this province in November 2020. “Ito kasing mga steel bars na ito ay hindi naging compliant doon sa standard na tinalaga ng ating Bureau of Philippine Standards (These steel bars did not comply with the standards set by the Bureau of Philippine Standards),” Faronilo said in an interview. “Ang ibig sabihin po nito, pag ito

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua has urged the National Innovation Council (NIC) to work together to promote innovative solutions and raise the country’s overall productivity. “Higher productivity will allow us to graduate from our current low middle-income country status to upper-middle income country status by the end of 2022, and high-income country status in one generation. For the Filipino people, it means living without poverty and having equal opportunities to succeed,” Chua said. Recent economic indicators show that the Philippines is on track to achieving an upper-middle income country status in 2022. Chua said sustaining this level of development