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Marawi: Key to Mindanao’s economic development

It was more than a meeting that sought to provide solutions to the lingering problems related to rebuilding Marawi City. The Mindanao Investments Forum, which was held at the Marco Polo hotel in Ortigas Center was meant to brief investors, stakeholders and the general...

After the battle: Rebuilding Marawi

Five months of battle reduced most of the Islamic City of Marawi to rubble. The battle to roust Daesh-inspired bandits from the country’s only Muslim-majority city resulted in devastation from aerial bombing, artillery and the urban combat of door-to-door fighting. From May 23, 2017...

Insurance is financial protection for the ordinary Filipino

Attention to detail. That’s one of the many things, Commissioner Dennis B. Funa, the head of the Insurance Commission, focuses on, especially with the huge amount of paperwork that he has to deal with every day. Funa told the Philippines Graphic during an interview...

Unsafe and unsound insurance practices defined

Insurance companies engaging in “unsafe” and “unsound” practices will be probed, or else, fined, according to the rules issued by the Insurance Commission. Insurance Commissioner Dennis B. Funa signed Circular Letter No. 2017-59 defining the term “unsafe business acts or practices” of insurance companies,...

Sculpting heaven

National Artist Napoleon V. Abueva, both the youngest National Artist awardee (named so when he was 46) and the Father of Modern Philippine Scuplture, is en route to heaven. He leaves behind a treasure trove of his work for a nation that grieves...

Manila, Beijing hold second bilateral talks over South China Sea row

Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war.” This quote attributed to the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill can probably best describe the continuing talks between Manila and Beijing over their row in the South China Sea. In Manila’s eyes, Beijing has illegally claimed...

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The war between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is officially over. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., the...

TRIBUTE: Cirilo F. Bautista, 76, National Artist for Literature

Poet, fictionist, essayist and National Artist for Literature Cirilo F. Bautista has passed away after a long battle with muscular dystrophy. Cirilo was 76,...

Focus on Ospital ng Lungsod ng Sto. Tomas

The City Government of Sto. Tomas has allocated P80 million to cover for the start-up operations of the Ospital ng Lungsod ng Sto. Tomas...