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OUTSTANDING WOMEN 2019: AMONG THE BEST

This year’s winners of the coveted The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) award are one of the best batches ever and among the most diversified.  The fields represented are most relevant and cutting […]

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SMART CITIES

By Architect FELINO PALAFOX, JR. Is the Philippines ready for smart cities? Basically, smart cities harness information and communications technology and integrate it with development planning to deliver more efficient and high-quality urban services that […]

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PH COCONUT INDUSTRY A ‘SLEEPING GIANT’

By SEC. WILLIAM DAR – Department of Agriculture Can we call the coconut industry a sleeping giant?   Its potential to help fight poverty cannot be discounted.   It is the third most dominant crop, after rice […]

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GOOD CONDUCT = JAILBREAK

You cannot say the Philippines is not a kind and caring society.  Hardened criminals –murderers, serial rapists, drug lords and of course, plunderers—are given a second lease on life, literally and figuratively.   Under President Gloria […]