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Vibal steps into a digital future

By Kap Maceda Aguila | February 17, 2014 - 12:00am

The storied Vibal Publishing House, started in 1953 by an enterprising couple at a modest 200-square-meter lot on EDSA and...

Technology

Vibal paves the way for Open Compute Project in Phl

December 16, 2013 - 12:00am

Interoperability, portability, and open standards: these principles are shared by the Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation and Vibal Group, a company offering technology solutions for education, enterprise, and...

Technology

Recreating the classroom

By Kap Maceda Aguila | December 2, 2013 - 12:00am

The popularity and widespread adoption of the tablet computer has reinvented our computing experience not only from an entertainment...

Technology

Why let sore losers delay books for public schools?

By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | November 30, 2006 - 12:00am

WHY MIRIAM?: Somebody from Malacañang whispered to me that Sen. Miriam Santiago’s nomination for the post of Chief Justice was just meant to rattle the Supreme Court justices vying for...

Opinion

Textbook scam

November 1, 2006 - 12:00am

There’s a war going on between two giants in the publishing business, and the World Bank is caught right in the middle of it.

Business

World Bank urged to take closer look at textbook scam

By Christina Mendez | October 28, 2006 - 12:00am

The World Bank was urged to formally investigate the alleged fraudulent procurement of textbooks from the Vibal Group of Bidders under the bank’s Second Social Expenditure Management Project.

Headlines

Three publishing firms file complaint vs WB execs over P2.65-B grant

October 25, 2006 - 12:00am

Three publishing firms have filed a complaint against three World Bank officials for awarding a P2.65-billion grant to a local publisher that they said "fraudulently cornered" contracts for the supply...

Headlines

Monopolyo sa textbooks paiimbestigahan ni Lacson

October 17, 2006 - 12:00am

Hiniling kahapon ni Sen. Panfilo Lacson sa Senado na imbestigahan ang monopolyo sa bidding procedures para sa textbooks ng Department of Education (DepEd) ng Vibal group of publishing. Sa nakuhang dokumento...

Bansa

Ping bares DepEd textbook monopoly

By Christina Mendez | October 12, 2006 - 12:00am

Opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson urged the Department of Education (DepEd) yesterday to take a closer look at what he said was the monopoly of a publishing group in the government’s textbook procurement program....

Headlines