PAGBABAGO It was in 1957 when the Ramon Magsaysay Award started, and in six decades the award has been given to 344 outstanding individuals in Asia. This year, at the 65th Ramon Magsaysay Awards Festival, the RM Foundation will showcase the significant and extraordinary influences of the works of...
PAGBABAGO The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) started last Aug. 28 with the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) with elections scheduled Oct. 30. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recorded a total of 273,454 candidates for the two offices. But, like in national...
PAGBABAGO Three weeks from now, we will be launching a book, my autobiography, where I traced the early beginnings and influences that had shaped the direction of my personal and professional life. I used “we” because the book “Tagpo: Right place, right time” is a product of group...
PAGBABAGO Under the Bridge chronicles the journey of Miguel Z. Patolot who shares in the 567-page memoirs his experiences as a journalist, a futurist, trade specialist and family man. It is more than his story. In this book, the author takes us to several “behind the news” scenes of the...
Immunization continues to be a challenge for the country, as the Department of Health (DOH) disclosed that in 2022, the target of fully vaccinating 95 percent of children was not attained reaching only 59.9 percent. MB file photo Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire defined a...
PHINMA Corporation, the investment arm of the Del Rosario family, reported a drop in consolidated net income to P456.75 million in the first half of 2023 from P639.07 million in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its consolidated revenues...
PAGBABAGO In the second SONA, the President received over 60 applauses. Even before he could finish his sentence, the loyal allies in the Batasan Hall were already ready with their handclap. Meanwhile, over 3,000 people patiently waited for hours at Commonwealth Avenue. They decried the...
PAGBABAGO A few months ago, the House of Representatives initiated another move to introduce changes in the 1987 Constitution through a Constitutional Convention. This was sent to the Senate. But the President noted that this was not his priority. During the past three decades after the...
CAMP MALVAR, Batangas City – Police arrested an alleged illegal recruiter on Tuesday morning, July 18, in Barangay Timbugan, Rosario, this province. Batangas police director Police Col. Samson Belmonte identified the suspect as Rosalie Rivera, 49, a widow and resident of Barangay Timbugan....
PAGBABAGO After going through the pandemic and several other challenges this past decade, I began to wonder what the country would be like 50 years from now. This is not too far off as we have been going through monumental economic, political, and technological changes. Over the past eight decades...
PAGBABAGO Our national development goals over the past years have focused on developing a “globally competitive economy, inclusive growth, a high trust and resilient society, an improved quality of life in both urban and rural communities, and to graduate to a knowledge economy.” In short, to...
By Teresita Cruz del Rosario It is the turbulent years of the early ’70s in the Philippines, over a hundred years since the execution of Dr. José Rizal. I sit in a class on Philippine History as an undergrad. We read his two novels—*Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) and El...
