PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid At last, the proponents of the controversial House Bill 6398 heeded the voice of the people, most of them pensioners from the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS). They are wage earners and ordinary employees who...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid The Department of Education’s mandatory order of a return by all public and private schools to in-person learning was a response to public perception about the relative advantages of the latter. Only schools with “highly exceptional” circumstances may...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid We have been in this state of “food insecurity” since the pandemic, but it had been aggravated recently due to acceleration of inflation to 6.9 percent in September 2022, from 6.3 percent in August 2022. Food prices have increased by 9.4 percent last...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid I do hope that the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) reverses its decision regarding the five books, the publication and distribution of which it had stopped. As its memorandum signed by Carmelita C. Abdurahman, KWF’s commissioner for Programs and Projects,...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Certainly, every thinking Filipino now realizes that we are confronted with a “tsunami of disinformation,” a growing threat to our national survival. Thus, while policy makers and lawmakers are called upon to prepare frameworks in prioritizing our...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid For an hour and 14 minutes, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. gave what was a much appreciated address to the 19th Congress, the audience inside the Batasan, and to the business community. But not so with advocacy groups and the 5,000 or so rallyists outside the...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid DepEd Order No. 34 required all public and private schools to switch to five-day in-person classes starting Nov. 2. In fact, they can start full-in-person classes as soon as schools open on Aug. 22 but can also choose from any five-days of in-person classes;...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid This column was written before the inaugural of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Thus, we are not privy on his plans to flesh out his campaign theme of “unity in government” which had prompted his older sister, Senator Imee Marcos to advise him to do a...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid On a 200-sqm lot in Tagaytay, a two-story building, the future home of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) will soon rise. Art aficionados who are old enough like me, may recall its beginnings 74 years ago in 1948 when it was founded by Purita...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Tomorrow, the country commemorates its 124th anniversary. Like in the past two years, let me dwell on some highlights in the life of the country, citing observations on gains and losses and options in some critical areas of development. It comes after six years...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid We are starting another chapter in our history, so to speak. A hundred twenty-four years ago, our forefathers, our heroes, risked their lives in the pursuit of freedom and better lives. Theirs was an uncompleted task and those who followed did the same. Several...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid In two days, the country will face one of its most challenging political exercises. This comes six days after the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day which this year marks an important watershed. More than the years before, there has been a marked...
