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Celebrating the Yuletide and Rizal in Biñan Sesquicentennial

Biñan City Mayor Walfredo “Arman” Dimaguila Jr. issued Executive Order No. 14 on July 16, 2021, declaring the year 2021 as “Rizal in Biñan Year,” a jubilee year for the city to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Jose Rizal’s first formal education in...

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...

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Labor group urges inclusion of Citizen Soldiers to uphold the Philippine cause at West Philippine Sea

In a proactive response to the current maritime developments at the West Philippine Sea, the labor group Federation of Free Workers (FFW) championed the...

This month in the Philippines Graphic

September is memory written on the pages of our nation’s history. And because memory fades and history can be left to gather dust and...

FFW calls for immediate legislative action on National Wage Increase; Disappointed with Referral to RTWPBs

After President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with labor leaders this morning, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) is calling for urgent legislative action to...

Consumer groups support tobacco harm reduction

Consumer groups across the Asia-Pacific region want tobacco harm reduction (THR) to be acknowledged as a human right and public health strategy to help...