If You Could Read My Mind: Four riveting novels feature in today's #IYCRMM. The f irst one is written in 18th century style but with a knowing wink at the reader of today. The next three are crime-fiction-related but differ from each other in scope and style. Of riddles and mysterious murders 'The...
The United States government has donated 25 laptop computers and 479 tablets to the Department of Education (DepEd) as part of the US commitment to support early grade learning in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Philippines Office of...
Stakeholders in the education sector on Friday celebrated the joint accomplishments of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Philippines in improving early grade reading and literacy in the country this past year, amid the challenges...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: An interesting meditation on physical loss and impermanence, and three varying versions of the American Dream, imbibing the Past, the Present, and the Future. These are the four novels reviewed here. Mistakes? 'An Inventory of Losses' by Judith Schalansky Here is a very...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, July 16, signed five separate Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with education partners to collaborate on curriculum programs focused on health, reading, and learning sustainability. DepEd and five education partners signed deals to collaborate on health,...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: European Crime Fiction takes the spotlight via the debut novel of a Swedish author, a French graphic novel, and one set in the UK. And we have a sci-fi alt-history tale set in Germany 1945. ‘La Grande Odalisque’ and ‘Geiger’ ‘Geiger’ by Gustaf Skördeman...
President Duterte has accepted the apology of the World Bank after its premature publication of a report on Filipino students' academic abilities but said he wanted to see the actual and latest assessment of the students' performance. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) Duterte...
Malacañang expressed alarm over the World Bank report that showed that 80 percent of Filipino students do not know what they should know based on their current academic level. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: The four novels today are a mixed bag of delights. We have the latest from crime fiction luminaries Mick Herron and Chris Brookmyre, a newly hailed author from India, and the new one from the author of “The Martian.” ‘Slough House’ by Mick Herron This is the...
This time, it’s going online As a bookworm, nothing beats a 2 a.m. drive knowing you’ll be in a massive place filled with books at discounted prices. Hosted regularly at the World Trade Center, open for literally 24 hours in a span of 10 days (at least before the pandemic), may it be shopping...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: Today, we have books that “play” in the world of words, dictionaries, and libraries. And there are two novels from Japanese authors, from opposite ends of the writing spectrum. ‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ by Pip Williams I’ve always been partial to fiction...
Here are four fine novels with women in the lead role. One is a fine example of contemporary crime fiction, and one is a double helix narrative set in today’s London and the late 18th century. The third novel deals with dissociative identity disorder, while the fourth is a stirring account of...
