Mobile phone service started in the early 1990s in the Philippines. Since then, millions of Filipinos have acquired cellphones, each with a unique phone number. During the early days of analog network technology and even later when the mobile phone system transitioned to digital, people who wanted to change mobile service providers (MSPs) had to...
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Bostik helps Filipino children in the new school year, joins Brigada Eskwela 2025
Bostik partnered with Brigada Eskwela 2025 as part of its continuing efforts to help Filipino schoolchildren. The French manufacturer of construction adhesives and sealants stepped in to help schools get ready for the new school year with a donation of its newest adhesive product, the all-purpose epoxy El Heneral. Brigada Eskwela is an annual initiative...
Enriqueta de Peralta: poetess, suffragette and Mother’s Day initiator
Fire razed the ancestral house of the De Peraltas, a prominent family of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, on Sept. 11, 2021. Valuable letters, documents, manuscripts, and photos that served as testament to the life and times of Enriqueta “Quitang” Guerrero de Peralta went up in smoke—and seemingly shrouded the rightful legacy of the woman dubbed the...
Bostik helps SOS Children’s Villages Cebu, brings hope to kids in need
Bostik, a French manufacturer of adhesives and sealants for construction, has brought hope to the SOS Children’s Villages in Cebu City by helping repair its facility and upholding its mission to provide critical support for children who have lost or risk losing parental care. Demonstrating its commitment to community outreach, Bostik renovated the home’s Kinder...