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...
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)....
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...
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...
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....
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...
Q&A with Agriculture Secretary William Dar
William Dollente Dar was only seven months in office as Agriculture Secretary when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country...
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...