When did education become free in the Philippines? OnMay 26, 1988, the Congress of the Philippines enacted the Republic Act 6655 or the Free Public Secondary Education Act of 1988, which mandated free public secondary education commencing in the school year 1988-1989. ...
replied a gobsmacked friend when I told her about the Christmas decorations being already up in the Philippines. “Crazy, isn’t it?” I texted back. The holiday decorations have been up since September, the start of the “ber” months leading to December. Crazy as it sounds, it’s ...
2009 Annual Report A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN Dear IBM Investor: When I wrote to you a year ago, the global economy was experiencing profound disruption. The financial system was freezing up. Many companies and entire industries were pulling in their horns, hoping simply to ride out the storm...
2009 Annual Report A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN Dear IBM Investor: When I wrote to you a year ago, the global economy was experiencing profound disruption. The financial system was freezing up. Many companies and entire industries were pulling in their horns, hoping simply to ride out the storm...
2009 Annual Report A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN Dear IBM Investor: When I wrote to you a year ago, the global economy was experiencing profound disruption. The financial system was freezing up. Many companies and entire industries were pulling in their horns, hoping simply to ride out the storm...
Off-Farm Employment Increases Women's Empowerment: Evidence from Rice Farms in the Philippines. J. Rural Stud. 2019, 71, 62–72. [CrossRef] 82. Djurfeldt, A.A.; Djurfeldt, G.; Hillbom, E.; Isinika, A.C.; Joshua, M.D.K.; Kaleng'a, W.C.; Kalindi, A.; Msuya, E.; Mul...