“We are angry because this is an attack on our culture, our history, and our community as a unified nation.”
Teachers, students call: ‘Wikang Filipino, ipaglaban!’
Month: August 2015
Children’s health at risk with low breastfeeding practice
“Instead of prohibiting the consumption of infant formula milk, the Aquino administration has partnered with a company that targets Filipino children.”
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“Having support is a big thing.”
Customs told: Hands-off OFW balikbayan box
“We OFWs are overly fleeced when we’re just striving hard so our loved ones in the Philippines will at least get a taste of imported products, and here the Customs will focus the heat on it? Meanwhile they’re ignoring the huge boxes and containers of smuggled goods, why don’t they focus their attention on that instead of the poor OFWs?”
The electoral circus comes to town
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The election season is definitely upon us even with national polls still nine months away and filing of candidacies for national positions set two months from now. Already we can see the portent of things to come: the lack of genuine choice for the electorate; a farcical party system;…
Claiming their playground
Photo by RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
The commercialization of UP
“Philippine education system and its funding pattern follows the neoliberal education framework, which considers education not as a public good, but something that you need to buy.”
Reading Club 2000 | Sharing books, feeling good
“A book is meant to be read and lived-by.”
Davao tribes’ culture shines in Kadayawan’s ‘Lumadnong Dula’
The tribal games aim to preserve the culture of the indigenous people which are slowly being forgotten.
Changing the political culture by campaigning early
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Liberal Party (LP) Secretary General Mel Senen Sarmiento says that the LP will run a “positive campaign” to elect Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II to the Presidency. “It’s just sad that some people are using name-calling and foul personal attacks to bring down their perceived political…
Foreign brands influx into Phl retail market
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Three months ago, I wrote about the hazy prospect of resolving the huge backlog in providing housing for the underprivileged and homeless citizens: 5.5 million units today, projected to rise to 12.5 million in 2030. Private housing developers gripe that the government is passing…