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Switching to the right financial mindset

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 that an economic standstill renders everyone’s finances limited, or worse, at risk of depletion. Corrolarily, it has become more...

Father the griffin

A year before he died in 2002, a documentary was made on the life and times of national artist for literature Francisco Arcellana, part of the Kuwadro series funded by the CCP on select national artists at the time. Titled ‘A life of...

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 grow dim on the shelves of time, the Philippines Graphic took to Literature to illuminate memory through the life...

Waking up the sleeping giant

A roadmap for agriculture & fisheries Unlike some appointees, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar practically breezed through the Commission on Appointments during his confirmation in December 2019. Even opposition Senator Francis Pangilinan had good words for him.  “He (Dar) served as DA Acting Secretary from...

Facing the pandemic: Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita Program

The COVID-19 pandemic has showed that the threat of hunger is as real as the threat of the virus itself. In the parlance of food production, it is imperative that food is made available, affordable, and accessible at all times. When the global economy...

One year later

Secretary William Dar: Up close Clad in a long-sleeved, white barong and dark, formal trousers, Secretary William D. Dar marked his second year as Agriculture Secretary while the entire Metro Manila went on its second day under a Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Last year,...

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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...

Of Pandesal & Pinoy Politics

Even bread has the flavor of politics in the Philippines. Celebrate World Pandesal Day at 9 a.m. on Oct. 16 (Thursday) at the 86-year-old...

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...

Labor group welcomes moratorium on Philhealth premium increase

The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) welcomed a memorandum from the Office of the President that holds in abeyance the scheduled increase in PhilHealth...