There was no better day to open the first-ever Bikol Book Festival than last Easter Sunday, April 17. Like Mary Magdalene who came to visit the tomb of her teacher, the delegates visited the graves of two of our pioneering women writers in the region, Dr. Maria Lilia F. Realubit and Soccoro Federis Tate. Realubit was an eminent Bikol Studies...
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1st Bikol book festival honors pioneers, spotlights new works
There was no better day to open the first-ever Bikol Book Festival than last Easter Sunday, April 17. Like Mary...
More Filipinos trust news but many avoid it—Digital News Report 2022
Overall trust in news among Filipinos has risen, putting the Philippines among the few countries that have furthered gains made...
Concerns over P50-B dam project emerge after Laguna activist’s arrest
SAN PEDRO CITY—The arrest of environmental activist Vertudes “Daisy” Macapanpan has directed public attention to a larger issue involving a...
Ice Sequerra and US Embassy's political counsellor Brett Blackshaw —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Pride Month: Ice calls for street marches for gay rights
Not only is June a season for weddings and romantic unions; it is Pride Month as well. As part of...
Angelica Jones —PHOTO FROM Facebook
‘I won’t let politics ruin my beauty’
Unlike in her previous defeats in electoral contests in Laguna, the actor-comedian known as “Miss Flawless” now sees no need...
POOR MAN’S BET Former fish vendor Rodrigo “Onoy” Rivera in one of his campaign sorties as a mayoral candidate in Dolores, Eastern Samar. —PHOTO BY FRANCIS ALGIE RIVERA
From fish vendor to town mayor
I was in Dolores, Eastern Samar, a few weeks ago and had a chance to take a photo of the...
Crowd gathers at the starting point of the sailing event. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
PARAW Back on the high seas
ILOILO CITY—On the eve of the 50th Iloilo-Guimaras Paraw Regatta Festival on March 18, artists were hard at work on...
Convenor-Mayors (from left) Rommel Arnado, Marcelino Teodoro, Felipe Remollo, Sitti Hataman and Benjamin Magalong exhort their fellow mayors to "seize the moment" and lead the fight against corruption. -- PHOTOS BY TJ BURGONIO
Mayors unite for good governance and against corruption
It started with a phone call by Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong to like-minded local chief executives in July, shortly...