MPower, the local retail electricity supplier of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), and its partners have poured in over P8 million for various education programs that benefitted some 3,000 kindergarten students in 19 schools in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. In line with the resumption of face-to-face classes this year, MPower recently donated worth P875,000 in school supplies to seven beneficiary schools which include printers, hard drives, as well as hygiene products, and antigen test kits. Amid modular and blended learning during the height of the pandemic, 12 schools received P1.2 million worth of school items, including headphones and microphones…
Holiday Inn, an IHG hotel opened in Cebu City last June and offered a significant discount for their opening. I did score one reservation, and though I wanted…
Tougher competition seen as “Your Song of Excellence” Season 2 enters the semis AFTER weeks of choosing from hundreds of singing hopefuls who will make it to the…
Many people you know may ask if they can borrow money online and promise to pay it back when their next paycheck arrives. Borrowing is something people do for a wide variety of reasons. The most common ones include some aspect of family life, a health crisis, a celebration, or an unforeseen expense. Getting a Loan is Deeply Rooted in Filipino Culture Taking out loans has grown so commonplace that it may be considered a cultural norm. Most of us have parents who borrowed money from others at some point in our life. When times are tough, and they need…
The empowerment of the out-of-school youth in the Philippines got a shot in the arm with the conceptualization of an innovative mobile classroom project in Cebu. The project…
Once upon a time, before the widespread availability of the internet, it was common to see children, teenagers, and even adults passing the time by playing board games…