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Being young and vaxxed in Biñan

When the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) announced that the vaccination of the pediatric population, ages 12 to 17 years old, would push through in October 2021, the City of Biñan was ready to go full...

Mega Malasakit response to COVID 19

Conglomerates in the country have been helping in the government’s COVID-19 response big-time. And with the decline in the transmissibility of the virus, there is hope for merriment this Christmas. There is a glitter of hope as Filipinos await what has been long regarded...

HELP: Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano’s resilience blueprint

The plan is called HELP, where H stands for health and housing, E is for education, economic growth and environment, L represents livelihood and lifestyle, and P is peace and order, palengke (market) and pamilya (family). During her first year as local chief executive...

16 Presidents: Thoughts on politics and the presidency

(Elections stand as the chief reforming mechanism in a democracy. How well has the Philippines fared in the parade of Presidents elected from the time of Emilio Aguinaldo to Rodrigo Roa Duterte? At 96, National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose ponders on this...

HIDILYN DIAZ: Weightlifting’s not all strength and power, it’s a mind game, too

The young and innocent wildcard four Olympics ago is now a jaded veteran in search of the ultimate—a gold medal. It’s a case of a “been there, done that, doing this” for the now 30-year-old, Summit brand ambassador Hidilyn Diaz, who was an unexpecting...

EJ OBIENA: Leaping to Olympic glory

At 6-foot-2, Ernest John “EJ” Obiena could have been hitting hoops like any other Filipino his height. But thanks to his parents, track and field athletes Emerson and Jaenette, EJ is out there in the field brandishing a 5.2-meter fiberglass pole and clearing heights...

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Unsafe and unsound insurance practices defined

Insurance companies engaging in “unsafe” and “unsound” practices will be probed, or else, fined, according to the rules issued by the Insurance Commission. Insurance Commissioner...

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...

Losing Cirilo by Joel Pablo Salud

  *My humble tribute to Poet and National Artist for Literature Cirilo F. Bautista   nothing comes easy nothing by way of gain or loss, neither in this life nor...

Reaction to the Festschrift ‘Cirilo F. Bautisa: A Lyric Sense of History’ by Marne Kilates

Delivered at De La Salle University, 20 March 2006 I have to give thanks to Dr. Marjorie Evasco, Marj to us who consider ourselves her...