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Do you know that it was a Frenchwoman who spawned the act for the protection and rehabilitation of sexually abused girls in the Philippines?
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Do you know that it was a Frenchwoman who spawned the act for the protection and rehabilitation of sexually abused girls in the Philippines?
‘I got exposed to our jewelry and luxury watches business at age 17. In a way I was some sort of an apprentice in my grandfather’s store untilI graduated from collegein 2002 at 22.
ALBAY Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda said Filipinos have good reasons to be optimistic based on the “significant positive gains” registered by the national economy during the first six months of the Duterte administration.
ALBAY Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda said Filipinos have good reasons to be optimistic based on the “significant positive gains” registered by the national economy during the first six months of the Duterte administration.
YOUR medical checkup cleared you for not having any disease yet you feel like you are not your best self. As far as you know, you have quite a healthy regimen – you take your daily multivitamins, have regular exercise and a good amount of sleep, but still you feel like there’s something amiss. You wake up with bouts of lethargy, wanting to hit the snooze button for another 5-minute round… You could be thinking: “There must be something lacking from my regimen, or could my doctor have missed something – or worse, could this just be a product of my mind?” So where do you go for the answers to these questions then when your long-time family doctor has already told you there is nothing to worry about.
2016 has brought a bumper crop of wins, from Pia Wurztbach taking the Miss Universe Crown, Kylie Versoza being crowned as Miss International, Hidilyn Diaz taking home a silver medal from Rio Olympics, and Manny Pacquaio winning the WBO welter weight belt, among others.
‘IF you make each day count and do your best to make today better than yesterday, opportunities open up to you and these can lead to something good.” This has been the guiding principle of Philam Life CEO Ariel G. Cantos.
American companies, like Google, Facebook and other Silicon Valley startups, have been fueled by millions of funding from venture capital rounds and players, as well as angel investors. Now the same opportunity comes for the sleeping giants in the Philippines as MFT Group of Companies joins in the young age of venture-capital and angel-investing industries to cultivate partnerships, amplify growth and boost regional economy.
SINK your teeth into dental medicine and the future will smile brightly. Such is the belief of dentist and orthodontist Jaybee Cabalonga.
TAGAYTAY Highlands, the luxurious mountain resort community in Tagaytay City, which extends to the Batangas and Laguna provinces, has become synonymous with grand weddings in recent years. While some of the best hotels in Manila boast of fancy linen, crystal chandeliers or tiffany chairs, the Highlands offers the serenity and sheer magnificence of nature, an “amenity” that cannot be duplicated nor bought.
THERE are 28 young students displaced by Supertyphoon Yolanda (international code name: Haiyan) who currently live and are enrolled at various vocational courses in Don Bosco Makati. They belong to this year’s Ampon ni Don Bosco, where students from the provinces can stay dormitory-style in the facility until they finish their schooling.
ONE young boy was busy receiving fares and giving out change for his jeepney-driver father plying the Pasong Tamo Street (now Chino Roces)-PRC route. One time, his father asked him if he wanted to study at Don Bosco College. He said yes, but at the back of his mind, he knew it was impossible, because they didn’t have the money to pay for his schooling in a private school.
“Everyone has a place under the sun; it’s just that one should make it his or her goal to find his rightful place,” said Dr. Charles Y. Yu, the vice chancellor for Lasallian Mission and Linkages of the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI) in Dasmariñas City, Cavite.
WHO says farming is never fun? Over 500 farmers and farm enthusiasts, farm owners and workers, local government executives, municipal tourism and agricultural officers, barangay officials, entrepreneurs, community stakeholders, start-up business owners and farmer wannabes from all over the country, plus local and international experts, gathered for three days in Tagaytay to learn from each other and discuss about farm tourism.
I USED to consider Batangas as my provincial home. On summer vacations during my high-school days, my uncle’s wife would bring me to her hometown for a vacation in Cuenca. Later after college, and while savoring my singlehood, my friends and I would go to Nasugbu—in the towns of Looc and Calayo—every time we had a chance to join church activities with the locals.
By Leony R. Garcia
I have not visited Nasugbu, Batangas, for more than 20 years. I have frequented it during my singlehood days as part of a church-planting activity. Today the New Creation Christian Church (NCCF Calayo) along the coastal barangay of Calayo is now a landmark in the area.
By Leony R. Garcia
THE oath of office of the President of the Philippines, prescribed by Philippine Constitution since 1935, has remained essentially unchanged: “I do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties as President [or Vice- President or Acting President] of the Philippines, preserve and defend its Constitution, execute its laws, do justice to every man, and consecrate myself to the service of the Nation. So help me God.”
THE country’s tourism campaign, “It’s More Fun in the Philippines,” is a big success. But the private sector in the industry is asking, “What’s next?” as they expect the full support of the incoming administration.
‘I think being named National Artist is the greatest achievement in my career. In a sense, it is the highest recognition you can get as a writer in our country, and the best award that you can win as a Filipino citizen,” Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista said when he was named as National Artist for Literature in 2014.
Ifell in love with Davao the first time I set foot on this paradise island sometime in 1987. It was my first out-of-town assignment as a newbie journalist for the No. 1 women’s magazine at that time, MOD. That was also my first taste of five-star hotel life by staying at the Insular Hotel (now Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao).
IF there is one province in the country whose many towns celebrate the harvest festival of May simultaneously, it is Quezon, historically known as the birthplace of Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon and his First Lady, Aurora Aragon, who both hailed from Baler.
SHE wants freedom.
TACLOBAN City was celebrating Sangyaw Festival, while the provincial government of Leyte was celebrating Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals when I came in June last year.
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