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THE ROLLOUT BEGINS

March 5, 2021 Comments Off

On March 1, 2021, the national government finally began its much delayed anti-COVID vaccination program. More than 200 government health personnel and other officials were inoculated—a small but significant number, given that the government was […]

2021: THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE METAL OX

February 26, 2021 Comments Off

In the Chinese Zodiac, the Ox is very hardworking and methodical. 2021 is going to be a year when work will get rewarded, and those zodiac signs who are lucky in terms of money this […]

TESDA AS A CABINET DEPARTMENT

February 19, 2021 Comments Off

Salceda bill will transform 50M Filipino workers to get jobs under the Fourth Industrial Revolution Among elected public officials in the Philippines, none has embraced the concept of TESDA and executed its vision with skill, […]

MISERY

February 10, 2021 Comments Off

Imagine this: You are an ordinary worker. You lost your job because of the pandemic. So you have no income. You go to the market and you find that prices of nearly all food items […]

SALCEDA: CREATE WILL TRIGGER P7-TRILLION SAVINGS FOR BUSINESS

February 6, 2021 Comments Off

Seven trillion, two hundred billion pesos (P7.2 trillion). That is the projected savings, in net present value or the value at present prices of the future stream of income (or savings) businesses are likely to […]

POWERHOUSE

January 27, 2021 Comments Off

On Jan. 14, 2021, at the 67th birth anniversary of Ramon S. Ang, President Duterte did something extraordinary. He motored to the South Expressway in Manila, checked the status of the 19-km (Buendia-Balintawak) segment of […]

CONVERGE CLAIMS TO BE THE LARGEST HIGH-SPEED FIXED BROADBAND OPERATOR IN THE PHILIPPINES

October 12, 2020 Comments Off

Overview According to its prospectus, Converge is the largest high-speed fixed broadband operator in the Philippines, by high-speed residential fixed broadband subscriptions, with a 55% market share as of June 30, 2020, according to MPA […]

Book Review

THE FILIPINO INSTANT POT COOKBOOK

By Tisha Gonda Domingo, Jorell Domingo, Jeannie E Celestial, Art Swenson, Romeo Roque-Nido, Jamar Cabebe Paperback, 173 pages, 2019. Rocketships & Wonderment With the whole family at home, I’ve had to cook thrice as much [...]

BITCOINS ARE HIGHLY REACTIVE

April 8, 2021 Comments Off

On March 11, 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the bitcoin (BTC) was worth $7,950. The next day BTC plunged to $4,810. It slowly rose to around $10k in May. By November it held […]

HOW WE LEARN BIAS AND TOLERANCE

March 21, 2021 Comments Off

We all notice race from birth. As babies, we quickly differentiate languages, likely from the sounds we hear while in the womb. Studies show that newborns can identify their mother’s voice and turn towards it. […]

CULTURALLY DIVERSE BOOKS CAN BUILD TOLERANCE

March 19, 2021 Comments Off

Experience and research show that cultural exposure broadens our minds and increases our understanding of other races. As the pandemic constrains us to stay home, our social interactions are limited. But we can still experience […]

THE FILIPINO INSTANT POT COOKBOOK

April 9, 2021 Comments Off

MENDING LIFE

April 9, 2021 Comments Off

By Nina and Sonya Montenegro Hardcover, 194 pages, 2020. Sasquatch Books (Penguin Random House) I got depressed from COVID overload at the end of 2020 that I didn’t have the energy to read, write, nor […]

WEEKNIGHT BAKING

April 8, 2021 Comments Off

Written & photographed by Michelle Lopez Hardcover, 297 pages, 2020. Simon & Schuster You all know I don’t bake, but Michelle’s passion for pastries moved me to try her vegan brownies for my allergic son. […]