On January 30, 2026, the US city of San Francisco released its 2026 Language Access Compliance Summary Report. The report, ...
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Tikoy turon

Recently I noticed a dessert fusing Filipino and Chinese sweets being sold at a mall: the tikoy turon. This example of the intertwined Philippine and Chinese cultures was rolled out even as we ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Blue Ribbon committee report on the government’s flood control projects is set to undergo significant scrutiny and revisions on the plenary floor, after the majority ...
“Mata sa langit, paa sa lupa” takes on a whole new meaning for Toyo Eatery’s Jordy and May Navarra, as the highly regarded Michelin-star Filipino restaurant lifts off into the business class cabins of ...
WHILE technological advancements such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek have taken the world by surprise, commerce in the Philippines has always been shaped by ingenuity. From sari-sari stores adopting QR ...
“Supporting immigrants’ civic engagement is key to strengthening democracy and good governance,” the report concludes. “If ...
A new pilot study examining how immigrant residents engage with city services and government processes in Long Beach suggests that heightened federal immigration enforcement is undermining democratic ...
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Agriculture’s (joyless) growth

MY first reaction to the report that the Philippine agriculture sector grew by 2.6 percent last year was this: Did the data come from EJ Antoni? Just kidding, of course, and I sincerely hope that the ...
The AFP said that there’s nothing new with the recruitment of Filipino soldiers to serve as mercenaries in other countries.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is considering a shift to a trimestral system in public schools to address longtime ...
MANILA, Philippines — Every February, the streets of Binondo grow steadily more crowded as the Lunar New Year, also known to many as Chinese New Year, approaches. As each week passes, Ongpin continues ...