Standouts and runners-up (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

16 August 2008, 10:19 am

MANILA, Philippines - A recent telecast of the ASAP show on Channel 2 offered a number of instructive examples of what makes some people standouts, and others runners-up or also-rans.... read more

Padilla: Medal hope for Team Philippines (Sun Star)

16 August 2008, 9:13 am

AS TIME ticks away, the medal hope and aspiration for our country to win a medal or two of any color in the ongoing XXIX World Olympics in Beijing is being blown away by the four winds. Only taekwondo jins Marie Antonette Rivero and Thomslee Go remain on the RP saddle in our quest for the illusive O... read more

'Gov't giving more attention to sports than academics' (Philstar.com)

16 August 2008, 8:50 am

The Mathematics Trainers’ Guild-Philippines, the organization of math teachers responsible for the consecutive triumphs of young Filipino students in international math tournaments, laments that there is an over-emphasis on sports development in the country to the detriment of academic excellence,... read more

Nestor Jardin (The Manila Times)

16 August 2008, 7:57 am

The place just isn’t big enough anymore. And that’s both a good thing and a bad thing for the Cultural Center of the Philippines.... read more

Manila hosts the Olympics (The Manila Times)

16 August 2008, 7:56 am

I agree with Your Excellency that the Philippines should start thinking about hosting the Summer Olympics by 2032 or thereabouts. As you have envisioned, the country could become a First World state by that time, enjoying a world-class economy with the wealth and resources to host the Games.... read more

Telecommuting as a way of life (The Manila Times)

16 August 2008, 7:53 am

Teresa Pacis is a public relations person, a mobile PR person, actually. As the external communications manager of Intel Technology Philippines, a typical day for Pacis begins at 7 a.m., online.... read more