IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I have been asked many times over, time and again, what it takes to raise socially aware citizens. Rather, children who are in touch with reality and who are socially connected with their community, and the world around them. This seems like quite a daunting task...
The government has declared two Minahang Bayan (MB) areas in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) covering a combined mining area of 50 hectares. In two separate announcements, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in CAR said that the Provincial Mining and Regulatory Board of Abra (PMRB-Abra)...
Five years in office, Vice President Leni Robredo is still getting things done despite having a small team. The Office of the Vice President (OVP) team readies distribution of rice and other supplies for relief operations with the help of Angat Buhay partners. (OVP/Facebook) In a latest Facebook...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque At the end of the month, President Duterte will deliver his last State of the Nation Address (SONA). I still remember watching it on television last year as if it were yesterday – a very different SONA from what we were accustomed to given the pandemic...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has extended P455,000 worth of assistance to a rice mill in Zamboanga del Norte to upgrade its equipment and improve its milling capacity. Myka Rice Mill, which is located in the municipality of Pres. M.A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte, receives P455,000...
DRIVING THOUGHTS This will be a good time for local government units to document the best practices of their barangays in the prevention of the spread of COVID-19. These can be shared with other LGUs which can localize the practices to fit their communities. More than a year after the World Health...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque We can either choose to view a cup half full, or half empty. It depends entirely on the perspective we want to take, or see things by. But like many things in life, the choice is yours to make, and the decision, you stand for, and by. This school year was like no...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has granted P6 million worth of assistance to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Central Luzon to adopt technological innovations in a bid to improve their products, services, operations, and increase their productivity and...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last week, I said I would share some realizations I had as a pandemic bride this week. Like many other things in life, this pandemic surely shifted perspectives in a multitude of and in multiple ways when it came to weddings. For one, gone are the extravagant...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the newly formed committee tasked to streamline trade processes and modernize major customs operations will be beneficial to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Philippine Trade Facilitation Committee...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last week, I promised to share some of my personal tips with other pandemic brides who may potentially come across this — how to keep ones sanity and stress the least while planning your milestone moment at a most tumultuous and transient time. A lot of brides...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque When COVID-19 first hit, I remember thinking to myself at some point that it would be over in no time. It was March last year when we locked down, and I had just returned from a trip abroad to finalize details for what was supposed to be my destination wedding in...
