SWS: Almost all Filipinos hopeful about 2018
Nearly all Filipinos will enter 2018 “with hope rather than fear,” a Social Weather Stations survey showed, posting a record high in optimism over the start of a new year. In a report released Saturday, the SWS said “a new all-time high 96 percent of adult Filipinos are entering 2018 with hope rather than with ...
Philippines’ Duterte vows to get to truth of deadly mall blaze
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed yesterday to get to the truth about the blaze in his home city that killed 37 call center workers. He said he made the promise during a...
Manila will be a ‘dead city’ in 25 years: Duterte
President Rodrigo said in a speech yesterday that Manila will be a “dead city in 25 years” as he lamented the worsening traffic situation in the capital and moved for the...
Pinoys now one step closer to 4-day work week with new House Bill
The 4-day work week may soon become a reality after the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill allowing companies to implement compressed work weeks....
The Rizal Memorial Sports Complex is here to stay
The Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, currently home to the Philippines’ national teams and a structure that has stood for more than 80 years, will no longer be sold to a group...
Rizal Memorial saved from the wrecking ball, declared a historical landmark
No need to say a sentimental goodbye to the 82-year-old Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) declared the 11-hectare sports...
Coconuts Manila Urban development
With the government’s latest MRT project and the seemingly non-stop construction of high-rise buildings, Metro Manila is continually modernising and urbanising to the dismay of tree huggers and heritage conservationists. Coconuts Manila will give you the latest updates on urban developments in the Metro. Which government project will (finally) push through? Which ones will cause traffic? OMG there’s a new mall again? Watch this space for updates on the lil’ city we call home.