LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta As Women’s Month comes to an end, I am rereading essays written by my mother (Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, CGN) about the Filipino woman. She was not a feminist, yet she defended women’s rights to education, freedom of speech and assembly, the pursuit of happiness and...
When Chona Vince Cruz-Abeledo asked young students to draw a scientist, the drawings depicted different scientists: Albert Einstein, Elon Musk, or cartoon character Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory. But what do they all have in common? They are all male. It didn't surprise Abeledo, a molecular...
Yassi Pressman recently visited the Female Dormitory of the Quezon City Jail. In celebration of Women's month, she gave away shampoos and conditioners for 600 inmates there whom she described as "beautiful women who deserve a second chance." She also bought all of the handcrafted bags and pillows...
Female entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of our country. According to government estimates, nearly 90 percent of micro and small entrepreneurs are owned by women, women who are striving to make a difference in the lives of their families and the communities they live in. Packworks In time for...
BANGUED, Abra -- As part of the 2022 National Women’s Month celebration, female police officers of Abra Police Provincial Office (PPO) on Thursday conducted a women empowerment program for female Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) of Abra Provincial Jail. (Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda /...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I n continuing on with Women’s Month, I too am writing another piece themed around women. This time, closer to home – women, and how I view them, and their roles in the Philippines. To be quite honest, because I was raised in a very matriarchal family, I did not realize...
Police arrested actor Kit Thompson for allegedly mauling and detaining his girlfriend, an actress, at a hotel in Tagaytay City on Friday, March 18, the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirmed. Philippine National Police (PNP) Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra, regional director of the Calabarzon Police...
(In celebration of Women’s Month, Manila Bulletin is publishing stories featuring women who have made outstanding contributions to the country or to their communities.) FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GINA DE VENECIA They say that “behind every successful man is a woman.” But in a gender-equal world, it...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta How I wish I had asked my grandmothers more about themselves. Both lived in historical times; both survived a yesterday of revolutions and wars of invasion; their today overlapped with mine and they unobtrusively prepared me for a tomorrow of uncertainties. My...
Members of The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service (TOWNS) on Tuesday, March 15, declared their support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo. Thousands of supporters attended the Sagay City Rally in support of the Leni-Kiko tandem, at the Government Center in Sagay City,...
A congressman from the supposed opposition bailiwick of Bicol has praised President Duterte for all he has done for the protection of women and children during his six-year term in Malacañang. (Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said the President has approved various...
It’s Women’s Month, and National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes is definitely a lady worth recognizing By Tats Rejante-Manahan In the ‘70s, the vision of Alice Reyes—her dancer’s carriage with turned out feet, her long black whiplash hair, and just her mere presence in the room—could...
