Russian President Vladimir Putin (Wikipedia) A lot of people find Russian President Vladimir Putin a very intriguing--if not fascinating--personality. Professor Clarita Carlos is no exception. Carlos, who currently serves as House Speaker Martin Romualdez's chief policy adviser on security and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) participated in this year’s Philippine Book Festival to reiterate its commitment to promoting access to quality reading materials. “We have been considering the need to more effectively streamline our book and educational material purchases for many years,”...
The National Book Development Board (NBDB) launched the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) on June 2, 2023, at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. The festival is a celebration of Filipino literature and culture, and it features a wide variety of books from Filipino authors and publishers. The...
The National Book Development Board (NBDB) officially launched the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) on June 2, 2023, at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. The festival is the largest traveling book festival in the country, and it features a wide variety of books from Filipino authors and...
If you’re planning to go to the World Trade Center Manila this June 2 to 4, here’s a quick game plan. #1 See the original "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filibusterismo" manuscripts The upcoming book festival promises to be the biggest one yet, so before getting lost in the myriad of festivities, why...
Five Negrense bookmakers won the 2023 Gold Quill Award bestowed by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) based in Chicago, USA. In collaboration with Impress Quality Printing Philippines Inc. and Media Wise Communications Inc., their winning entry was the pioneering coffee...
The first pocketbook edition of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere translated into Portuguese has been launched by the Philippine Embassy in Lisbon. Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Celia Anna Feria, in her remark during the launching, said the importance of translating Rizal's famous novel is a...
It's a rare thing now, seeing people read—even more so reading with actual physical books. Because of this, we are very excited about this latest announcement by the National Book Development Board (NBDB). The NBDB, best known for the Book Nook, is a program where the agency sets up reading and...
Former vice president and Angat Buhay chairperson Leni Robredo has a special way of commemorating what would have been an otherwise heartbreaking loss for some:. She launched a coffee table book to look back at the 2022 presidential campaign exactly one year after the May 9 elections and claimed...
Summer is just around the corner and it’s the perfect time to relax, unwind, and indulge in a good book. If you’re looking for some nonfiction self-help and improvement books to add to your summer reading list, look no further than these titles as your companion for beating the heat. 1.From Grit...
A National Book Store branch in One Bonifacio High Street (BHS) has finally come to life, as the company opened its 235th branch located at the second floor of One BHS Mall, in Taguig City. “The truth is, I’ve been wanting to have a presence of the National Book Store in One Bonifacio High...
Two of these novels display how wry humor can be an add-on for great fiction. And there are novels that dare to expand the genre of Crime Fiction and Fantasy, with formidable results. Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes Author Rupert Holmes is best known to baby boomers as the composer of Escape...
