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PMFTC opens IQOS stores in the Philippines

PMFTC Inc., an affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI), opened its first five IQOS stores in Metro Manila last month to provide smoke-free alternatives to adult Filipino smokers who would otherwise continue to use cigarettes. PMFTC President Denis Gorkun said the opening of the...

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...

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A Marriage of Tourism & Cultural Heritage

Biñan City deftly combines history, tradition, and tourism promotion For almost 10 years now, the Biñan City government has employed a clever development formula that...

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...

Labor groups hail removal of ‘escrow’ in Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers Bill; urge PBBM to sign law

A congressional decision to delete the “escrow” provision in the proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers have been hailed by various labor groups who...

Federalism: the Filipino view by Fil V. Elefante

Federalism? What is that? That was the apparent sentiment of most Filipinos, according to a recent survey released by Pulse Asia Research, Inc. Put more bluntly,...