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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...

A Principled, Inclusive, and Business Sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Project

With a population of more than half a million people, San Jose Del Monte is the most populated city in the province of Bulacan. It is also one of the most rapidly industrializing cities north of the capital city of Manila and can...

How CSR came to Allied Metals

It was a case of two events joining as one. In 2016 the Danish Trade Union Council for International Development Cooperation (LO/FTF) was discussing with the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) the implementation of the “Principles-based, inclusive and business sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility Project...

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The Mighty Words: Writers of Protest and Revolution

Speak of protest and one speaks of proletariat literature. The notion of labor leaders and activists carry with it the stipulation of the simplistic...

Biñan: A city with a view to the new century

From a municipality that first came to the common man’s awareness by way of a delicious rice cake delicacy, the Biñan of today has...

Q&A with Mayor Walfredo “Arman” Dimaguila, Jr.

Philippines Graphic: The year 2021 is turning out to be the year for the COVID-19 vaccine. Where are you now with reference to preparing...

When business & books combine to promote reading

Q&A with Shereen T. Sy, pioneer of SM Book Nook For now, only two malls out of 87 SM malls in the Philippines have them....