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Henry Sy, tycoon (1924-2019)

Eighty-two years ago, a 12-year-old boy had 10 centavos in his pocket when he traveled from China to Manila. In his prime, he was the richest man in the Philippines for 11 years in a row. By the time of his death, he...

By the scanning of your thumbs: Election tech

  If the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had everything it wanted for a fully automated election system, the biometrics it collected from registered voters (which it continues to collect from new voters annually) would be fully integrated in the Automated Election System (AES)....

DOST to certify BEIs this March

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will begin certifying teachers who will compose the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) for the May 13, 2019 mid-term elections this March. This was announced by DOST-National Capital Region Director Jose B. Patalinjug III at the recent...

Judy Ann Santos and her absolute truths

Lucho, almost nine years old, is asking his mother for a baby brother. Yohan, just turned 14, wants a baby girl. “Paano ba ito? Twins?” a perplexed Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo related during a phone interview with the Philippines Graphic. It is late afternoon and the...

The Supreme Court: Facing 2019

    Restraint in favor of government. I came upon this sort of “watchword” on the morning of Jan. 16 while on my way to a meeting with colleagues to discuss the upcoming 2019 elections. The reporter, who quoted the line from newly-appointed Chief Justice Lucas P....

Comelec expects 2.8 million voters to cast ballots in Bangsamoro plebiscite

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects about 2.8 million people will participate in the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) which will held on Jan. 21 and Feb. 6 Comelec Director James Jimenez, the poll body’s spokesman, said during a radio interview in...

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New thinking for Philippine Agriculture

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Typhoon Ompong’s trail of destruction

The death toll from the passage of Typhoon Ompong has been pegged at 81 after the tragic landslide in a mining community in Itogon,...

Interview with Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro

When I received instructions to interview Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, I grabbed the chance without wincing. Any day I get to interview a...

Unraveling the secret of the mysterious fuel leak

  A mystery needs to be solved. That has always been a human instinct. It’s a like a scratch that needs to be scratched. And...