BINMALEY, Pangasinan – Vice Mayor Simplicio “Sammy” Rosario resigned from his position allegedly due to irreconcilable differences with Mayor Pedro “Pete” Merrera III and members of the Sangguniang Bayan. Rosario stepped down after he lost to Merrera for mayor in the May 12 elections. ...
PHINMA Corporation of the Del Rosario family expects to sustain its growth this year on the strength of its education and property businesses "We are optimistic for sustained growth with the expected higher enrollment for Education, the accelerated implementation and completion of PHINMA Properties...
ROSARIO, Batangas – Police said a 52-year-old farmer was shot to death by a 42-year-old farmer on Sunday night, May 5, in Barangay Mavalor, this town. Police identified the victim as Cele. Investigation said the suspect Cesar arrived at the victim’s house onboard a vehicle drunk and suddenly...
PAGBABAGO Hate speech has been with us since the beginning of time. It is shown in malicious distortions rooted in religious and ethic settings. It promotes division by amplifying disparities and fostering a perception of “us vs. them” according to Dr. Cherian George,...
Del Rosario-led PHINMA Corp. reported a 66-percent drop in attributable net income to ₱279.55 million last year, from the restated 2023 profit of ₱831.27 million, due to high expenses and losses of its property business. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said...
PAGBABAGO Hate speech has been with us since the beginning of time. It is shown in malicious distortions rooted in religious and ethic settings. It promotes division by amplifying disparities and fostering a perception of “us vs. them” according to Dr. Cherian George, professor of Hong...
PAGBABAGO To the outside world, the image of the community journalist is one who works under difficult circumstances. This is the consequence of having been one of the five countries that have been on the top 10 in number of journalist killings over the last 10 years. Last year, we ranked...
PAGBABAGO (Part II) A n important lesson that Ed Garcia shares with us in his 260-page memoir, “Reinventing Resistance” is that “peacemaking is a task that never seems to end, and that therefore, one must find meaning in one’s work and one’s life,” quoting the much admired Vaclav...
PAGBABAGO In “Reinventing Resistance,” launched last Monday, Ed Garcia noted that the book is a collection of his experiences in defying the odds in a world that had lost its moral compass and unable to stop violence inflicted on vulnerable sectors. It describes this journey of five...
PAGBABAGO It is common knowledge that the municipal fishermen who constitute 2.3 million of our population are considered the “poorest of the poor” sector. Thus, the news that the Supreme Court First Division had upheld the Malabon Trial Court’s decision, which allowed commercial...
PAGBABAGO Like many, I have been monitoring progress in our educational system over the past few decades. And, while there had been considerable reforms that had been undertaken to address policy gaps and program needs, there are deficits in the system which had...
Del Rosario-led conglomerate PHINMA Corporation is shifting its focus to housing with the launch of two projects this year as it aims to replicate its success in the field of education by helping address the massive backlog in mass housing. During the Financial Executives Institute of the...
