Author: Noemi Lardizabal-Dado

My business trip to Cebu was planned first week of September. Since two other bloggers and I were invited by Radisson Blu Hotel, the choice...

A renowned international university in Japan is aggressively recruiting Filipino students and beefing up its international student profile. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) will provide...

Typhoon Pedring “made landfall in northeastern Luzon early Tuesday morning, but PAGASA advised that nearly all of Luzon is affected by the typhoon’s winds and...

Note on Status (as of 15 September 2011): this is a working draft of the Philippine Government Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership (OGP)....

Via eon.com.ph Among different stakeholder groups, Filipinos trust the Church and media  the most, according to The Philippine Trust Index, the first-ever           quantitative study on the...

“There is a clear thirst for peace,” Deputy Dominic Hannigan TD, Member of Parliament of Ireland, shared this observation in relation to the public’s attitude...

Newsweek examined five measures that affect women’s lives. Of 165 countries, these 10 earned top marks in factors from health care to political power. We...

Michael Charleston B. Chua (@Xiao_Chua on Twitter) shares his study “TORTURE: A Preliminary Look at Brutality and Its Effects Under the Marcos Dictatorship 1972-1986” as...

Save the Children’s twelfth annual Mothers’ Index compares the well-being of mothers and children in 164 countries – more than in any previous year. The...

Rep Winnie Castelo denounced planking in street protest action. Rep. Castelo feared “that planking will be used as a template of subsequent street rallies or...

@jcmaningat alerted me to the tweet exchanges of Presidential spokeperson Edwin Lacierda and Abi Valte on the September 19 transport strike . “If the tweets...

NEW YORK CITY – Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III arrives at the Teterboro Airport, New York for his Working Visit to the United States...

One lazy sunday afternoon, I collated statistics: 5-6 pro RH Bill senators, 5 anti RH Bill senators , and 12 undecided senators. Just a week...

Amateur filmmakers are invited to submit short films on reproductive health. Do you wish your videos were on TV instead of YouTube? Are you a...

The Reproductive Health Bill is too close to call. Indeed, the battle lines are drawn and so far the scores are pretty even”. A large...