The silent hero
By
Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura
| July 25, 2009 - 12:00am
When I first met him, he was a young boy and now he must be approaching his 50s, though he still looks the same to me.
Modern Living
Astralis at Rockwell offers Diamond Hotel's bestsellers
July 23, 2009 - 12:00am
Savor a bountiful spread which include smoked salmon salad with baby potatoes and cold salad pomelo, palm heart and crushed nuts with honey citrus vinaigrette.
Food and Leisure
Investments That Keep Paying Dividends
By
Eden E. Estopace
| March 25, 2007 - 12:00am
When it comes to education, Filipinos are mournful optimists. The silent grief that washes over the national psyche about the inadequacy of the public school system, once touted as the best in Asia, almost...
Starweek Magazine
Reason And Reward For Ayala Foundation
By
Margie Gomez
| March 25, 2007 - 12:00am
Ayala Foundation views the Filipino as a partner, a perspective that turns bystanders and beneficiaries into co-authors of our nation’s progress. This...
Starweek Magazine
Common Effort For The Common Good
By
Stephanie Sta. Ana
| March 25, 2007 - 12:00am
Provide shelter for the poor. Protect the environment. Improve the quality of education. Develop a new breed of leaders. Eradicate poverty.
Starweek Magazine
Education needs massive help
By
Boo Chanco
| June 7, 2006 - 12:00am
It is back-to-school week for the country and what better time for everyone to realize that our education system is in crisis. I know we have become inured to reports of shortages in our public schools – from...
Business
When it is dark…
By
DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia
| March 2, 2006 - 12:00am
There was something about her letter and I do not even know her. I read her letter in the CENTEX (Center for Excellence) website, saying she put aside part of her stipend from Philippine Science High School to give...
Science and Environment
Time to invest big in education
By
Boo Chanco
| May 14, 2004 - 12:00am
We have heard a lot of pleas for voters to think of the nation’s future during the just-concluded election season. Now that we are supposed to get back to normal, whatever that might be, it is time to think...
Business
Public school teachers are getting old, tired
By
Boo Chanco
| December 10, 2003 - 12:00am
The teaching profession has lost its allure to the younger generation. That is not surprising. Given the sad state of our public school teachers, why would one aspire to be a teacher? A groundbreaking survey commissioned...
Business
Sweet as chocolate
By
Joanne Rae M. Ramirez
| December 10, 2002 - 12:00am
She surely doesn’t lack for maids, but Kitkat Silverio Zobel was rushing to and from the kitchen of her sprawling Forbes Park home on the day she met some members of media on behalf of CENTEX (The Center of...
Newsmakers
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