Relative to the national government’s relentless campaign on vaccination through “Bayanihan, Bakunahan,” I am happy to share with you that Bataan, by the grace...
Sense and notion meld
where sound is sight,
and stillness is moving.
It completes an oxymoron
for the day: What crack
of thunder and flash
of lightning would slice
this mid-morning...
The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is a government-owned-and-controlled corporation under Republic Act 7354 or the ‘Postal Service Act of 1992.
Its mandate is to be the designated operator of the country’s postal system and it does not get money from the National Treasury....
Q&A with Shereen T. Sy, pioneer of SM Book Nook
For now, only two malls out of 87 SM malls in the Philippines have them. It is an undertaking that began at one of the poshest malls owned by the Sy family—the late business...
Ex-President Charged with Crimes Against Humanity
The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a historic step toward justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
On March 11, Philippine authorities acting on an...
“There she is,” the woman in the car told her son, as she pointed to a petite and thin sampaguita garland vendor sitting on the stone steps of Mercury Drug in Scout Borromeo, Quezon City.
Rising, the vendor’s pale, harried face dissolved into...
This week, leaders of the NAGKAISA Labor Coalition met with representatives from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) in Manila to discuss, among others, the challenges faced by Filipino workers in the United States, particularly those who are undocumented.
The meeting shed light...
The NAGKAISA Labor Coalition has welcomed the suspension of the mandatory cashless toll collection system, citing its unfair impact on low-income motorists.
“This is a win for our advocacy and will benefit workers and motorists who will be burdened by an anti-poor policy. We...