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Q&A with Glenda Galino-Tayongtong

Portrait of an SM Foundation Scholar Politics, a natural calamity, and continuing peace and order problems shaped the first six months of the Philippines in 2002. Manila, the country’s seat of power, still rippled with the after-effects of the 2nd People Power Revolution that...

SMFI scholars & the pursuit of happiness

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”—Warren Buffet Forty years ago, in 1983, the late visionary business leader and philanthropist Henry Sy, Sr. lovingly called “Tatang” by his family and those he employed, established the SM...

Labor Group calls for PHL acceptance of Afghan Refugees; stands in solidarity with Afghan workers

Citing provisions on equality in employment and occupation agreed upon in the recently concluded International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 111 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) called for the acceptance of Afghan refugees in the Philippines. “Despite opposition of Vice President...

Q&A with Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa

In this exclusive Philippines Graphic interview, the Japanese envoy shares his views on the volatile West Philippine Sea issue, peace and unity in the Asia-Pacific region, Official Development Assistance, national security, peace in Mindanao, the Mindoro oil spill, continuing support for COVID-19 pandemic...

The lighter side of PHL-Japan relations: of sinigang, tinola, and “volting in” to achieve shared goals

He arrived in the Philippines in November 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the incumbency of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. More than two years and a different President later, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa remains unrelenting in working to...

THE GRAPHIC SALUTE AT THE NJLA 2023

"PUBLICATION IS THE FIRST HURDLE OF THE WRITER WHO WANTS THE PUBLIC TO READ HIS WORK. PUBLICATION IS THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE COMPETITION FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS. TO BREEZE PAST THE LINE-UP OF A HUNDRED OR MORE WRITERS WHO SUBMITTED THEIR WORKS; TO...

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Of joint ventures & partnerships

LWUA Administrator Guiling “Gene” A. Mamondiong bared that in order to resolve the financial problems encountered by water districts, some of them entered into...

Enabling the Healthcare Provider Network (HCPN) in Bataan

Since the passage of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act in February 2019, one of its key reforms has been the organization of a...

Covenant of Unity and Mutual Support Signed Between Gonzales of PDSP and Matula of FFW and WPP

Former Defense Secretary Norberto B. Gonzales, chairman of the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP), is set to file his certificate of candidacy for...

The plight of ABS-CBN: Of dual citizenship and foreign ownership of mass media

By Justice Noel Gimenez Tijam (Ret.) Robust debates recently sparked following the renewal initiatives of the congressional franchise of a mass media giant that is...