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...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte hailed her office’s “many firsts” during the 87th anniversary of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday, Nov. 15, noting key programs she initiated when she took the helm. Vice President Sara Duterte (left) speaks during the 87th...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid In this age of disinformation and misinformation, I am sure many share my yearning for answers to questions about how to survive in the decades ahead. Should we merely accept the consequences – growing distrust, hopelessness, and gradual dehumanization? ...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s office has extended various types of social services and assess the situation of the education sector in 16 provinces across the country since she assumed office on June 30. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) Duterte, who serves...
Vice President Sara Duterte is finalizing a report on her first 100 days in office as the country’s second highest official. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) “Hinahanda na po namin ‘yung (We are already preparing the) 100 days report ng (of the) Office...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) opened its new central office in Mandaluyong City with Vice President Sara Duterte leading the blessing and ribbon-cutting ceremony, her office announced on Monday, Sept. 12. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the blessing and ribbon-cutting ceremony of...
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 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 Perhaps more than anytime in the past, the country needs a more focused strategic plan for a more effective communication strategy. After three years of fighting Covid-19 and other enormous challenges such as search for an alternative to an ineffective drug...
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...
