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PCIJ, Pera at Pulitika launch 2 books on money politics
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), together with its partners in the Pera at Pulitika (PAP) 2010 Consortium, has launched a two-book volume on the campaign…
By Adminnewspack·January 10, 2011
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A Future in Pieces
DESPITE the many laws that recognize the rights of children with special needs, there is still no comprehensive law that mandates special education in the Philippines. As educator…
By Karol Ilagan·January 5, 2011
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Are you still ‘special’ if you’re poor?
MARAGONDON, Cavite – In theory, Jaime ‘Jay’ Divina Jr. should have been able to go to school, despite the poverty of his family and his own physical shortcomings. After all…
By Karol Ilagan·January 5, 2011
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The Gifted Give Back
THE MOMENT they stepped into the campus of the Philippine High School for the Arts or PHSA in 1988, Roselle Pineda says that she and the other freshmen were made aware they were…
By Rorie R Fajardo·January 4, 2011
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Living by Numbers
I AM not a Mathematics genius. It’s just that I never tire of learning new things. This is what I always tell people every time I am called ‘Math whiz,’ ‘Math genius,’ ‘Math pro’…
By Adminnewspack·January 4, 2011
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Bringing Up Sammy
THEIR OTHER children were only eight, five, and six years old at the time, but Linda and Sabido de Leon knew it was important for everyone in the family to understand that things…
By Charlene C Tordesillas·January 4, 2011
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Dilemmas on the ‘Different’
NORMAL – THAT can be such a loaded term because the opposite seems to be “abnormal.” But let’s be semantically neutral and look at normal as a statistical label, referring to the…
By Michael L Tan·January 3, 2011
