Top ratings organization S&P has given Philippine elections a first-ever investment grade rating, despite the chronic failure of electronic voting machines and sporadic incidents of violence.
A bill requiring California public schools to instruct students on the contributions of Filipino Americans to the farm labor movement unanimously passed the Assembly Education Committee on March 20.
A bill requiring California public schools to instruct students on the contributions of Filipino Americans to the farm labor movement unanimously passed the Assembly Education Committee on March 20.
Media giant ABS-CBN will acquire the Commission on Elections as part of the Aquino administration’s privatization program, a highly placed source in the network revealed during an exclusive interview with Outtakes.
An arts organization and this city’s public library will depict “the real story of World War II” and the major role of Filipinos in the conflict through a multimedia program entitled “Bataan Legacy.”
Filipino teachers, students, parents and their supporters from other communities are ramping up efforts to rename a middle school in honor of two Filipino American labor and civil rights leaders, Philip Vera Cruz and Larry Itliong.
HERE NOW, THE NEWS. Top members of the Philippine Senate shocked their constituents this morning by being extra nice to each other and indulging in unprecedented public displays of affection. Ordinary citizens are reacting with outrage at their lawmakers’ naked expressions of civility. It began when Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson lavished praise on [...]
Philippine diplomats and tourism officials are offering a modestly priced tour package that includes an audience with President Benigno “Noynoy” III at the presidential palace.
Furiously fending off accusations of doling out public funds to Senate colleagues as if the money were his to give as “Christmas gifts,” Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile now also stands accused of pirating intellectual property.
Researchers in the UK’s leading correspondence college hailed a Filipino bishop’s unique economic strategy as “breathtaking,” declaring it the next big thing for developing countries.
The gun has an indelible presence in America’s popular consciousness. The myth-making entertainment industry has embellished and magnified the gun’s prominent role in the narrative of the nation’s founding and rapid expansion across the continent over Indian lands and trackless wilds.
So NASA released a video entitled “Why the World Didn’t End Yesterday.” But if NASA is so confident, why did it release the film 10 days ahead of December 21, 2012? Deep down, even NASA isn’t so sure. It’s the same reason why not a single business establishment is giving away Mayan calendars for Christmas. Really, it’s time we discussed end-of-life issues.
