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MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday insisted that implementing a proposed law allowing on paid menstrual leaves would be counterproductive since employers might not be able to provide an additional 24 days of leave per…
I hold a similar jadedness with women’s month as with mental health month: The flurry of empowerment workshops and seminars only for the month to end and we go back to the systems that hold us back.…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES —On International Women’s Day March 8, the United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced two new grant projects valued at P37.9 million ($690,000) to boost women’s participation in energy…
“Pagpugay sa Kababaihan, Pag-asa Para sa Kabataan”. The first ever UP Sunflower Run was held last March 11, 2023 at the Academic Oval of Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines (UP) as part of the…
WHACK!!! A swift and solid kick had just been delivered straight to the center of my right gluteus maximus. I was doing my afternoon rounds with the residents and happened to have insinuated myself in the space…
I always smile when I hear someone humming, because it means they are relaxed and at ease. Humming is such a private, genuine, and spontaneous joy. I indulge in it every chance I get, in between…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan acknowledges women and their contribution to the city government. “Women of today have become our equal partners for change,” said Mayor Chan, who led the city’s celebration of…
SEOUL — More than a half of women said that marriage and childbirth are not an essential part of their lives, a survey showed Sunday, suggesting a growing trend of women defying the expectations of traditional gender…
LOS ANGELES–A California man was found not guilty of drunk driving after arguing he needed to escape from “two angry women” — his wife and the woman she had caught him with. Thomas Patrick Houston told a court…
JEDDAH — Driver Tharaa Ali takes her seat at the helm of a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, a beneficiary of conservative Saudi Arabia’s bid to employ its booming female workforce. Saudi women only gained the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City police noticed that women used in illegal drug trade has slowly become a trend here. Police Lieutenant Colonel Jul Muhammad Jamiri, chief of the City Intelligence Unit of the Lapu-Lapu City…
MANILA, Philippines — The increase in kidnappings and other crimes indicates that the illegal drug problem is coming back, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said in an interview with AM radio station DWIZ. Dela Rosa, who chairs…
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