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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...

PH Workers join Climate action at the heels of COP 28

As the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) in Dubai draws to a close, with no higher ambitions toward arresting the rise in global temperatures, Filipino trade unions marched with environmental and faith-based groups and other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to call for...

Hundreds of Metro Manila riders rally against Grab’s  management policy

Hundreds of food delivery riders held recently a unity ride in Quezon City to protest what they alleged as “unfair management practices by Grab.” Supported by the National Union of Food Delivery Riders, the group protested the new fare matrix implemented by Grab which...

Oral Nicotine Innovations: Testaments to Human Ingenuity

Reflecting changing social attitudes, the future of smoking alternatives and oral nicotine remain promising as these innovations continue to find their footing in the world of harm reduction Here’s a fun fact that’s sure to dazzle guests at your next Christmas reunion: Did you...

Women workers push for Senate concurrence on ratified treaty against gender-based violence in the workplace

Various labor groups led by the Federation of Free Workers Women’s Network (FWN) have urged the Senate to concur with the recent ratification by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of an international treaty that addresses gender-based violence at work. Malacañang submitted for the Senate’s consideration...

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UHC Reforms and Timelines

As we celebrate the International Universal Health Coverage Day or as we say here in the Philippines, Universal Health Care (UHC), let me give...

Rise of the Filipino middle class

The ambition seems straightforward enough. By 2040, we will have a society where Filipinos will enjoy a stable and comfortable lifestyle, secure in the...

The People’s National Artist: For Aunor and for art

    I have to admit, and quite sadly, that I was no fan of either television or film during my years as a child. Back...

“Let a million sampaguitas bloom again”

Tourism & the revival of San Pedro’s Sampaguita industry In 1934, the sampaguita was declared as the country’s national flower by American Governor-General Frank Murphy.       ...