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Sol y Viento’s twin offerings for summer fun & frolic

The heat, the traffic, and a few days of weekend free time are good enough reasons to head for the south of Manila. Here, with one to two hours travel time, one can find vacation gems that offer refreshingly cool comfort, with a bit...

Fun in Davao City by Henrylito Tacio

Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio Around 7.8 times the size of Cebu and three times that of the entire Metro Manila, Davao City is known by many names: “Crown jewel of Mindanao,” “Durian capital of the Philippines,” “City of Royalties,” “Fruit basket of the Philippines,””Orchid Capital of the...

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Reclaiming heroes: Toym Imao adds a twist of bitter to true, good and beautiful by Inday Espina-Varona

There is a boyish light in Toym Imao’s eyes as he talks of an age of innocence. The tall, robust multi-media artist has been honing his craft and balancing the demands of a growing family and the passion for politics and social convulsions handed down...

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DepEd, UNESCO-IIEP: Effective use of open school data addresses education concerns, battles corruption

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones encouraged all stakeholders to make use of available data and information from the Department to help...

A season of accolades for the country’s science community

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Operation Smile: Changing lives one smile at a time

In 1982, Dr. William P. Magee, Jr., an American plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen, a nurse and clinical social worker, traveled to Naga City with a group of medical volunteers to repair children’s cleft lips and cleft palates. At that time, the team only managed to treat 40 children. As they prepared to leave, the Magees made a promise that they would return to help more children. With that promise, Operation Smile Philippines was born.