Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to kick against the system. But her… Read more »
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Kathryn McKinley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The coronavirus can infect anyone, but recent reporting has shown your socioeconomic status can play a big role, with a combination of job security, access to health care… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY— “Worst crisis to hit the cut flower industry,” was how Virginia Bahod and Imelda Marcelino described the impact of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and restrictions under the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).… Read more »
Policy brief 2020-09Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development (ACERD) The COVID-19 pandemic may well be the most challenging crisis facing the migration management system of the Philippines. The global dispersion of overseas Filipinos (estimated… Read more »
The spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, seems greater than the spread of the infection itself. The World Health Organisation (WHO), government health departments and others are trying to alert… Read more »
Ita a tawen, selebraran dagiti umili iti Ilocos Sur ti maika-13 a Kannawidan Ylocos Festival ken maika – 202 tawen nga anibersario ti pannaka-pundar ti probinsia nga Ilocos Sur. Pormal a nangrugi dagiti naduma-duma a… Read more »
READ: Campaign to increase tobacco production gains ground in I.Sur (First of two parts) “Balik tabako” program In January this year, the NTA launched the “Balik Tobacco” (return to tobacco) program in the country. This… Read more »
VIGAN CITY — To save the tobacco industry and the share they receive from the collected excise tax from tobacco products, the provincial and municipal governments of Ilocos Sur campaigned with the National Tobacco Administration… Read more »
Who is the most generous person in the world today? Ask folks in the West, and the most popular answer would probably be Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. For good reason, too. According to… Read more »