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By APRIL ANNE BENJAMIN THE Aquino government, which is being criticized for the slow pace of rehabilitation of typhoon Yolanda-hit areas in the Visayas, has found defenders in international humanitarian organizations. At the opening of the Haiyan (the international name of Yolanda) exhibit at the AIM Conference Center 180 days after the super typhoon hit

By JANE DASAL THE devastation wrought by supertyphoon “Yolanda” and the slow pace of rehabilitation have made the Visayas a difficult place to be a mother. The mothers’ lack of access to basic services pulled down the Philippines ranking in the 2014 State of the World’s Mother index (SOWM), which was launched in Manila on Tuesday.

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE fate of historic El Hogar Building in Binondo, the few remaining months of Philamlife Theater, the nomination of Cagsawa Ruins in the UNESCO heritage list are just some of heritage subjects that come to mind as the country observes National Heritage Month with assorted programs all over the country.

  Photos by LITTLE WING LUNA Text by MITCH MEÑEZ MAY 1 is International Labor Day and in the Philippines it is a holiday. The designation of May 1 as Workers Day stated in Canada in 1870 when a parade was held in support of a strike against a 58-hour week work. The practice now

By PATRICIA ISABEL GLORIA FACTORY worker Rodelio Naval was waiting in line for a check-up at the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) in Quezon City when he was told he could not use his PhilHealth Insurance membership to have his legs treated. Naval, who is from San Pedro Laguna and worked for Esycon Industrial Trading, was

By JANE DASAL and KIERSNERR GERWIN TACADENA THE  future of media certainly rests on convergence, but it’s not only convergence of media platforms. Social advocates say the press needs to work or “converge” with certain sectors to go beyond what’s trending and push for “unpopular” stories to stay relevant. “It’s easy to be popular but…if you

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN THERE will be renewed interest on President Obama’s persona when he sets foot in Philippine soil for the first time today. Manila is Obama’s last stop in this Asian trip which also covered Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia. In 2010, Obama visited India, Indonesia (where he spent the first four

By APRIL ANNE BENJAMIN THE longest-serving political prisoner in the country is appealing for his release to President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to arrive in Manila on April 28. In his letter to the United States President, Juanito Itaas, who has been detained for more than two decades now in connection with the killing

By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE classical guitar is an underrated instrument in the local concert scene. Two decades back, you get lucky with rare performances by Lester Demetillo who used to have a guitar ensemble at the UP College of Music and still a once-in-a-blue-moon recital by New York-based Michael Dadap who is married to

By KIERSNERR GERWIN TACADENA “GUTOM (hunger),” Sen. Loren Legarda said is what’s in store for the Filipino people if destruction of the  country’s marine resources is not stopped. Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on Environment and Natural Resources, presented the grim scenario at the launching of a video documentary on Philippine Marine Biodiversity at the National

By JANE DASAL IF you want to save the earth, build a boat. That’s what a group of environmentalists is saying, especially if you want to save both the forests and fishermen affected by supertyphoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan). “Haiyan sank about 30,000 bancas. Fishermen in hard-hit communities need to get back in the water and on

View Coal-fired power plants for commission until 2020 in a full screen map By PATRICIA ISABEL GLORIA GROUPS opposed to the building of 25 coal-fired power plants within the next six years gathered outside the gates of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday, International Earth Day, as a sign of protest.