JJ Atencio on using the quarantine to reexamine one’s wealth & develop an entrepreneurial mindset
If there’s anything the COVID-19 pandemic revealed, it’s the fact...
Before the Philippines gained its name as a nation, and before the centuries of colonization, females wielded as much—if not more—power in the communities...
Bayambang, Pangasinan—ECCD F1K Dietary Supplementation Program for Mothers
Through the donation of Bayambang Mayor Cesar T. Quiambao, the local government unit set up the LGU Bayambang Fitness Center to help uplift the mental and physical health of mothers in the community.
The LGU Bayambang Fitness...
The Department of Health (DOH) and its partners recognized 40 outstanding local government units (LGUs) that are at the forefront of health promotion and COVID-19 response for the first-ever “Healthy Pilipinas Awards for Healthy Communities.”
The “Healthy Pilipinas Awards for Healthy Communities” recognized...
I lived in a big house with my widowed mother, a grandmother and an unmarried aunt. My mother, Sofia Villasin Peñaranda, was a schoolteacher. We would walk to school together. But after class, I would walk home with my classmates who would linger...
The Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc., the sponsor and organizer of the 70th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, is reminding aspiring Palanca awardees to submit entries before the deadline on May 31.
This year’s comeback edition of the country’s longest-running and most prestigious literary...
Every step I make on board
I am ensured a duty
A little chance to defend my King
To prove him my fealty
And every box I step ahead
Going to the other side
They promise me a promotion
That may help turn the tide
So on and on I marched...
I am woman.My menses borne beforesanitary napkins and tampons.
I am woman.A breast cancer survivorclose to eighteen years now.
I am woman.Daughter of a feisty Waraywho taught me how to fight.
I am woman.Daughter-in-law of a warrior forFilipino music and freedom of expression.
I am woman.Married to...