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LILOAN, Cebu — Grade 3 pupils Zaira Anne Olasima and Vanessa Navarro learned how to read when they were in first grade using the textbooks issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) to public school children like…
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed on third and final reading a bill that will gradually increase excise tax rates on liquor and heated tobacco and vapor products. Some 184 congressmen approved House…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A mother and daughter, who considered themselves as manga otaku or manga geeks, have opened a reading hub for manga fanatics in Cebu. Erica Shibamura, 63, a retired chief executive officer of a…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — It does not look like the ideal location for a library. But Barangay Ermita, an urban barangay in Cebu City, is home to a reading center that serves the children and youth of…
MANILA, Philippines — With five session days left before Congress goes to break, the House of Representatives approved on second reading its proposed draft federal charter with no anti-political dynasty provision. The chamber approved on second reading…
THE House of Representatives finally gave its nod to the Duterte administration’s first cash-cased budget worth P3.757 trillion for 2019. The lower chamber voted 196 to 8 to approve the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or House Bill…
Who will win in the local, senatorial, congressional, party list, and autonomous Mindanao elections in May 2019? The answer, to a large extent, depends on how intelligently voters will deal with the reading matter with which they…
A BILL allowing phone users to retain their mobile number at no extra cost if they switch from one service provider to another is a step closer to becoming a law after the House of Representatives unanimously…
Members of the Mandaue City Council approved on first reading proposed amendments to the city’s anti-face mask ordinance during their Wednesday afternoon session. The amendatory ordinance authored by Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna and Councilors Nilo Seno and…
A BILL that would establish the first national ID system in the country has been approved by the Senate on third and final reading. Voting 17-2, senators voted on Monday to approve Senate Bill No. 1738 known…
Literary cafes, poetry readings and pavement bookstalls – Mosul’s cultural scene is back in business, months after Iraqi forces ousted the Islamic State (IS)group from the city following three years of jihadist rule. At the “Book Forum”…
She had no qualms about sitting on the floor with an army of children surrounding her. With a book on her lap and a wireless microphone on her right hand, Binibining Cebu Tourism 2017 Samantha Ashley Lo…
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