PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Previous studies had shown that during times of crisis and because of uncertainty, people turn to the news media to help them better understand their present environment. This is reinforced in the findings of 10 th edition of Digital News Report (DNR 2021) by...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, June 23 revealed that the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats has decided to renew its formal alliance with the Hugpong ng Pagbabago, headed by probable 2022 presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. media In a virtual...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Today, as we commemorate Dr. Jose Rizal’s 160 th birth anniversary, we recall his contribution as a poet, essayist, novelist who inspired his fellowmen to aspire for freedom and democracy. Through his novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, he opened...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Today, we commemorate, Araw ng Kalayaan, the day Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed Philippine independence on June 12, 1898 by raising the Philippine flag. It was the first time the Philippine National Anthem then called “Marcha Nacional Filipina, was...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he will only run for a national post in the 2022 elections if Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will seek the presidency despite her father's wishes. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made the statement after President...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Food security has become an imperative goal in our pandemic times. It is underscored in one of the two themes of the quincentennial of the coming of Christianity in the Philippines – “humanity” or compassion of our ancestors in saving the sick, starving,...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid We thought that the main hurdle in the current mass vaccination program, the most ambitious health project we’ve ever undertaken, was the slow pace in the administration of the vaccine. It was at the beginning, but the low rate of acceptance of COVID-19...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid It is about time for us, all Filipino citizens, to take a united stand on the West Philippine Sea, and demand that our leaders do the same. Our confused state, the mixed messages we send, and flip-flopping from President Duterte has set us back in our...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last weekend, we celebrated Mother’s Day, and although in my opinion one day is not enough to give thanks to our mothers, it is always a great reminder that they deserve to be pampered and shown love for all that they are to, and all that they do for us. In a...
Pagbabago Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Most everyone has been asked this question and I am sure many of us would come up with similar answers. Being limited in mobility for people used to multi-tasking in various settings could have some psychological consequences. While some who are retired like...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid This was the theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) held in Namibia where it started 30 years ago with the signing of the Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent, and Pluralistic Press. The celebration was a recognition...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Many may not be aware of the government’s deployment plan for COVID-19 which was released early this year in January. It is a 134-page document detailing the tasks of various agencies with the President, the DOH and DILG and the IATF-EID (Inter-Agency...
