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Alma Anonas-Carpio

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Pag-IBIG Fund releases P4B for socialized housing for Jan-May, up by 26% from same period 2017 

Pag-IBIG Fund released P 3.995 billion in socialized housing from January to May 2018, benefiting 10,491 minimum wage and low income members. This year’s disbursement...
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Villar receives honoris causa doctorate from UPLB

Sen. Cynthia Villar was awarded an honorary doctorate by the country’s premiere school in agricultural studies during the University of the Philippines Los Banos...
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Chinese General Hospital new building inaugurated

The Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) owned and operated by the Philippine Chinese Charitable Association, Inc. (PCCAI) held a groundbreaking ceremony of...
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When God becomes just another joking matter

  Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will reap.—Galatians 6:7   Rarely do I give myself the chance to...
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Modern jeepney story

The Senate of the Philippines’ employees will enjoy riding safer, environment-friendly jeepneys loaded with some very good mod-cons (modern conveniences) soon. Isuzu Gencars, led by...
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SM Foundation and its volunteer programs

The volunteerism spirit is very high among the diversified SM Group of Companies be it for church-based activities, BrigadaEskwela for school repairs, disaster relief...
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PCSO employees undergo surprise drug test

A total of 554 officers and employees from Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) voluntarily submitted themselves to drug test Monday in support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
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From the NBA to the Big3

The National Basketball Association is one of the most prominent sport industries on the planet. It has a lasting legacy starting legends such as...
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New Czech visa application center opens in Cebu City

  The Embassy of the Czech Republic expanded its service network with VFS Global as it launched its new Visa Application Center in Cebu City. Traveling...
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The law decriminalizing vagrancy amid the drive against tambays

Six years ago, an event heralded as a landmark accomplishment for human rights in the Philippines took place. On March 27, 2012, the law decriminalizing...
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Americana, on his back

My grandfather was shipped out of the Philippines in the 1920s, and landed in Stockton, California—less as a starry-eyed immigrant, and more as imperial cargo.  The Americans needed hands, and the Philippines—trophy from the Spanish-American War—had plenty to spare. Men like him crossed the Pacific not on a...

Of ‘balimbing’ and coup

It is balimbing season once again. Balimbing is a fruit with many sharp sides, so that it has been popularly used to describe agile politicians who are able to change sides quickly everytime there is a change in the political weather. It is the local term for...

4th Refugee Film Festival champions youth voices, stories of solidarity

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Philippines celebrated World Refugee Day by hosting the 4th Refugee Film Festival at the Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium of De La Salle University Manila last June 20. The film festival aimed to foster global awareness, build empathy, and mobilize meaningful action...