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Addressing COVID-19: Be safe, be smart, be kind

For most residents of Sto. Tomas City in Batangas, the horrors that came with the COVID-19 pandemic was magnified by the eruption of Taal Volcano, almost three months before the entire Luzon went into lockdown in March 2020.     Taal Volcano started spewing ash...

No job too big or too small: In Sto. Tomas City, Batangas, dreams and teams work together

Many Sto. Tomasinos lost their jobs and other sources of income under the devastating strain of the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the Taal Volcano eruption.     In the face of the dire situation, politics took a backseat. The city government of Sto....

Four walls and a tomorrow inside: Prepping the child for a brighter world

The City of Sto. Tomas in Batangas has a population of 218, 500. It is a relatively young population. As early as 2015, the city already had 41 youth dependents to every 100 of its working population, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.    ...

Build, build, build for a better Sto. Tomas City

The City of Sto. Tomas has improved in terms of infrastructure during the three terms of incumbent Mayor Edna P. Sanchez, according to Sto. Tomas City Engineer Ruel R. Padullo.       When Sanchez started her first term back in 2013, Padullo said her early...

Doing business in Sto. Tomas Batangas: The best place for the best business

In addition to being an agricultural haven, the City of Sto. Tomas is also known as home to two of the most successful business hubs in the country.     The First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) is located in Barangay Sta. Anastacia and the Light...

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 joint ventures with other companies. But this could lead to further problems because the joint venture partner might assume...

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TRIBUTE: Cirilo F. Bautista, 76, National Artist for Literature

Poet, fictionist, essayist and National Artist for Literature Cirilo F. Bautista has passed away after a long battle with muscular dystrophy. Cirilo was 76,...

Four walls and a tomorrow inside: Prepping the child for a brighter world

The City of Sto. Tomas in Batangas has a population of 218, 500. It is a relatively young population. As early as 2015, the...

Global human rights abuse tracker spurns government anew for charging activists, civil society groups with financing terrorism

Human Rights Watch—an independent organization that investigates and reports on human rights abuses around the world—has criticized Philippine authorities for “filing baseless terrorism financing...