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A FORMULA FOR PROGRESS

Combining Health & Investments Nestled at the foot of picturesque Mt. Makiling, the large, mainly agricultural población of Sto. Tomas is one of the oldest towns in Batangas province. According to Spanish historian Manuel Sastron, the residents of the landlocked town raised and sold...

Labor group okays DOLE membership to Global Coalition for Social Justice

Advocates for higher productivity, wage hike to welcome 2024 The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) greatly welcomes the Department of Labor and Employment's decision to join the International Labor Organization's (ILO) “Global Coalition for Social Justice,” stressing that this move is expected to enhance...

Mayor Arth Jhun Aguilar Marasigan: Lessons from Gen. Miguel Malvar & Aksyon Bilis in the City of Sto. Tomas, Batangas

More than 150 years ago, in 1865, a military man from Sto. Tomas, Batangas took the cudgels for his people, fighting valiantly in the 1896 Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War of 1902. He was General Miguel Carpio Malvar, the last Filipino general to...

Metro Manila Film Festival 2023: The Art and the Gross

The 49th edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is all set to unfold December 25 of this year, with 10 films vying for assorted festival prizes and awards. It used to be limited to eight entries but the flood of submissions was...

A Christmas Message from the Philippines Graphic Reader!

Available at Lazada, Shopee, and select 7-Eleven outlets 📙 SHOPEE 📘LAZADA Featuring: SHORT STORIES “Don’t Follow Me, I Don’t Even Know Where I’m Going” by Ian Rosales Casocot “The Fireflies” by Danton Remoto “The News of You” by Glenn L. Diaz “The King who had Nothing” by Calvin Castillo POEMS “A Celebration...

Aileen Beltrano Bautista: Embracing antiques and technology

In the elegant world of Philippine antiquities, Aileen Beltrano Bautista stands taller than most. Hers is an unparalleled collection of pre-colonial and colonial vintage jewelry whose backstories she passionately tells in astonishing details. That is just hers.  When mixed with that of her husband, Edwin...

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Build, build, build

“In order to achieve accomplishments, one must first accomplish determination.”—Mariveles Mayor Ace Jello Concepcion It is a statistic hummed by government officials in this town—every...

BGHMC-SDN: Charting Bataan’s future in healthcare

It is my honor and privilege to share with you our hospital’s experience in embracing digital health service in the time of the COVID-19...

NAGKAISA urges SC to halt transfer of Php89.9B PhilHealth Funds to National Treasury, cites social injustice

Leaders of the NAGKAISA Labor Coalition and allied trade unions has filed a motion to intervene before the Supreme Court (SC), seeking to stop...

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