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Coming this Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day!!! Catch the February 2023 issue of the Graphic Reader, featuring SHORT STORIES * Caught in the Eye of Durarakit by Richard A. Giye * ENRIQUE 1521 by Aurelio A. Peña *Household Melodies by Eden Tayaban *The X-Ray Tech’s Love Story by Paulino Lim,...

Tariman’s second  book sums up 48 years in the Arts 

Arts journalist Pablo A. Tariman will sum up his coverage of the performing arts for 48 years in his second book, Encounters in the Arts. In the music chapter of the book are Cecile Licad,  Grzegorz Nowak,  Luciano Pavarotti, Vladimir Spivakov, Otoniel Gonzaga, Arthur Espiritu,...

IT’S HERE!

Catch the January 2024 issue of the Philippines Graphic Reader featuring: SHORT STORIES Senior Momentous by Ceres P. Doyo The Lady of Sitio Kariktan by A.B. Abillar Eight Legs Is All by Homer Novicio The Summoner by Gil Marvel TabucanonPOEMS War Has a Special Currency by Simeon Dumdum Jr. Yule...

Labor group urges President Marcos to defer anew PhilHealth premium hike amid economic struggles, lack of wage increase in 2024

The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) made an urgent appeal to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. to defer once again the implementation of higher rate premiums for Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) contributions for 2024. “The low wages of workers have made it very...

Labor group backs Senator Pimentel’s call for transparency and review of jeepney modernization program

The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) expressed strong support for Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III's call for the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to be transparent about the suppliers in the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program, which plans to replace the iconic...

Speeding up progress 

The 12-point Aksyon Bilis roadmap On the bright and early morning of Oct. 10, 2022, City of Sto. Tomas Mayor Arth Jhun Aguilar Marasigan delivered his first State of the Local Government Address to his fellow Tomasinos.  Just four months after winning the elections in...

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On Space and Labor: Dispatches from the 21st Edition of Pelicula

It has not been long since physical cinemas opened their doors again for the COVID-struck audience who, in one way or another, have had...

Political will to build

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has, for so long, been seen as a corrupt agency, one that is slow to act...

Writers in a time of lockdown

Seven weeks into the lockdown of Luzon with a bit less than two more weeks of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to go and the...

Commissioners for Good Governance

The Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG) has to oversee more than 100 GOCCs. Republic Act 10149 or the “GOCC Governance Act of...