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Published February 17, 2021, 5:30 AM San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that it has distributed over 70,000 “nutribuns” to poor communities as part of its ongoing efforts to provide food aid for Filipinos struggling to cope with the impact of the pandemic.   “It’s been almost a year since the pandemic started, and while we have made a lot of headway in terms of addressing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, its economic impact continues to be felt today by almost all sectors of soci...

IBM forges private-public collab to build digital-ready workforce in PH Share on email IBM Philippines announced on Tuesday, Feb. 16, partnerships with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the Department of Education (DepEd), the Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP), and the Project Inclusion Network (PIN) to further IBM’s global education efforts to help close the digital skills gap and enhance socioeconomic development. PBSP is partnering with IBM to create at least...

First youth fellowship program for democracy in the Philippines opens Published February 10, 2021 2:01pm Applications are now being accepted for the Youth Leadership for Democracy (YouthLed)’s 2021 Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind program aiming to empower youth for civic participation and democratic governance. Thirty youth leaders, ages 18-30, are targeted to participate in a series of leadership and skills development activities, real-world application ...

(JJ Landingin / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Agriculture Secretary William Dar met with the members of the “Pilipinas Kontra Gutom,” a national movement comprised of government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies, to discuss their programs this year to ensure the availability and accessibility of food, secure nutrition adequacy, and provide assistance to farmers and fisherfolk.   The “Pilipinas Kontra Gutom” focuses on four areas namely market and financin...

Removing the creases in housework valuation Updated: Updated: January 21, 2021 00:59 IST The work women perform for the family should be valued equally with men’s work during the continuance of marriage Share Article AAA The work women perform for the family should be valued equally with men’s work during the continuance of marriage “The wife owes service and labor to her husband as much and as absolutely as the slave does to his master. This grates harshly upon the ears of Christendom;...

New York Times: Like Roosevelt, Biden is trying to address long-neglected problems.

Nicholas Kristof writes that Joe Biden can, like Franklin Roosevelt, use the current crisis to address problems that have festered for too long.

The Philippine Business for Social Progress, a prestigious organization that gathers business leaders across the country to create various efforts for

Delores Robinson: Groots leader on a mission to save lives Sunday 3 January 2021 Groots TT, founded by Delores Robinson, provides face-to-face and online counselling and runs a drop-in centre as well as transition and emergency housing for vulnerable populations. It also provides food hampers and sensitisation around domestic violence through workshops. - Sureash Cholai Jamaican-born Delores Robinson grew up in a home affected by domestic violence. As a young woman she worked in an organisation...

Atish Rex Ghosh As 2020 draws to a close, many of us cannot wait for this annus horribilis to end. And for good reason: this year has seen more than a million and a half COVID-19 deaths; an economic collapse far greater than that of the 2008 financial crisis; a boiling-over of resentment against decades of racial and social injustice; record numbers of wildfires decimating millions of acres of pristine forests; and locust plagues of Biblical proportions. Yet, 2020 also gives us reason for hope....