Text and image by Benito V. Sanvictores Jr. Six out of 10 sick Filipinos die without seeing a doctor, revealed a 1990 study by the UPecon Foundation, Inc. (UFI) of the UP School of Economics (SE). Twenty years later, the same statistics held true, according to the UP National Health Institute. It is estimated that […]

By Benito V. Sanvictores Jr. (March-April) Lower cost of living and reminders of a nostalgic past: these are the two main reasons why some 8,000 South Koreans (Koreans) chose to retire in the Philippines. In the lecture, “I am a Half Retiree, But Soon to be Pure: Korean Retirees in the Philippines” held at the […]

By Benito V. Sanvictores Jr. (APR. 7) – Vol. 6, No. 1, 2014 of the Philippine Journal of Social Development (PJSD) is now available. Published by the College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) and edited by Dr. Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo, CSWCD professor and former dean, this issue contains five articles on the theme Social […]

By Anna Regidor (MAR. 11)—A team of experts from the UP College of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) will play a key role in the development of two micro-satellites that can possibly help in disaster mitigation through its generated data. The project for the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) called Philippine Scientific […]

DEC. 12)—Five articles and two reviews are featured on the latest issue of “Humanities Diliman” now available online. The articles are “Reclaiming the Universal: Postcolonial Readings of Selected Anglophone Poems by Filipino Poets” by J. Neil C. Garcia, “Ang Dumaracol ng mga Kalamianen Tagbanua ng Hilagang Palawan: Isang Paglalahad” ni Eulalio R. Guieb III, “Reproduction […]

  By Albino C. Gamba Jr. (Dec. 11)—The second issue of Science Diliman Volume 26, No. 2 (2014) is now online. Science Diliman is a Philippine Journal of Pure and Applied Science. The current issue features four articles and two communications. The first article “Transitive Perfect Colorings of 2-Uniform Tilings” was co-authored by Rene Felix […]

Ni Haidee C.Pineda.(Nov. 12)—Ang “Daluyan: Journal ng Wikang Filipino” Tomo 20 ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF) ay online na. Ang Daluyan ay isang refereed journal na inaasahang malathala dalawang beses kada taon. Ito ay monolingguwal sa Filipino at may layuning paunlarin ang pag-aaral at pananaliksik tungkol sa wika, panitikan at kulturang Filipino at pagyamanin ang […]

(NOV. 7)—The latest issue of “Social Science Diliman” (Vol. 10, No. 2) of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development is now available online. The issue contains five articles from various fields, products of nine researchers from different disciplines. These articles are: “Some Notes and Critiques of Selected Lexicographic Texts in Bikol” […]

  By Anna Regidor  (July-August)—Advertising is big business. A 30-second commercial on television can cost as much as P250,000 if aired during primetime (8-11 p.m.). The higher a show’s ratings are, the more expensive its advertising slots are and the more revenue it generates for the network. AGB Nielsen is the Philippines’ largest market research […]