HERMA LAUNCHED A NEW TANKER

Mariveles, Bataan – On Friday, January 26, 2024, Herma Group Chairman and CEO Herminio S. Esguerra christened a brand new 12MB tanker, M/Tkr Mayabong. Built by Herma Shipyard Inc. (HSI) – a proudly 100% Filipino-owned ship building and ship repair company under the Ship Building And Maritime Infrastructure Division (SBMID) of the Herma Group – […]

The Barangay Election campaign period starts

With the campaign period for the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections kicking off in 2 days – October 19, 2023 – the COMELEC just released some very important reminders. Click the thumbnails below, to enlarge. The list starts off with the reminder that lawful campaign materials should be posted only in designated common poster […]

Our Guest Speaker tonight …

July 1 marks the start of the Rotary Year, and it kicks off with the induction of the incoming Governor and their cadre of District Officers, with the outgoing Governor handing over the reins of governorship. This year, the Induction and Handover of Rotary International District 3810 were held in person for the first time […]

Audit shows the need for education never ends

After having focused on the public-facing side of automated elections since 2010, I’m now deeply involved in a side of the elections I’d never really dived deep into before: the Random Manual Audit – and it’s been an eye-opener. Working on the voter education side of things, the tendency really is to measure your efficacy […]

Good food and old-world charm at Italianni’s

Ask me to recommend a good Italian restaurant, and Italianni‘s would be the first name on my lips for a couple of reasons. First, the food is good, which can’t be said for many other places claiming to serve Italian cuisine. The baked zitti and mussels lombardi in particular, stand out. So do the truffle fries and, if you’re feeling […]