Very little attention has been paid to the Filipinos at the heart of Belgium’s biggest-ever trafficking scandal. The workers, owed months of back-pay for the legally-mandated wages of around €8500 (P517,556), are at risk of being forgotten and could go home with nothing.
Heneral Lunacy, January 23, 2023 The President is expected to trot out the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF or the Fund) to the world investment community in Davos this coming week. From what was to be a full blown affair the presentation has allegedly been downgraded to “a soft launch” in case the international reception is…
FQ (Financial Quotient) – Rose Fres Fausto – Philstar.com, May 25, 2022 “Tanan” (elope) is what my husband and I call our impromptu getaways. We had one last weekend and ended up in Baguio. The BenCab Museum is now a top tourist spot in the summer capital of the land. It’s a beautiful property overlooking…
1. The White Lady of Balete Drive Balete Drive is a long and secluded stretch of road located in Quezon City, Metro Manila. While it is a residential area, it was named for the presence of a giant balete tree—a tree with vines like overhanging limbs. According to folklore, balete trees are often home to…
Domingo Guevara: The road to industrialization Berry Pelaez-Marfori – The Philippine Star ,January 27, 2013 MANILA, Philippines – Domingo M. Guevara Street, formerly known as Libertad, is one of Mandaluyong’s busiest thoroughfares. It is also the name of a self-made industrialist closely associated with a number of well-known brands in the 60s and 70s and…
BIEN Paano kita tatawagin? Guro? Patnubay? Uliran? Kaibigan, kalahati ng danas ko’y nagunaw Sa iyong pagpanaw. Rio Alma, 28 Setyembre 2021 Writer, poet, critic, dramatist, mentor, scholar, political prisoner, activist. Dr. Bienvenido L. Lumbera, National Artist for Literature, was all this and more. With his passing on September 28, 2021, at the age of 89,…
We’ve long been conditioned into boxing things into gender roles. By Kate Reyes for Spin.ph In a particularly patriarchal society, we’ve long been conditioned into boxing things into gender roles — this is for men, this is for women. Anyone who doesn’t conform to these standards is seen as outlandish. It’s a way of thinking…
By Clara Rosales for Reportr Gen Z and Millennials outnumber the other generations of voters. By sheer number, Gen Z and Millennials can decide the most crucial national election in recent years, one that will chart the country’s path out of the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed. The youth vote, or those aged 18 to…