From igniting movements to catapulting global phenomena in technology, politics, and business, the youth has played a big role throughout our history. Armed with idealism, zeal, and passion, the world’s young cohort continues to grow in terms of population. According to the UN Population Fund-Philippines, our country now has the largest generation of young people in history with 30 million aged 10-24 years old, accounting for 28% of our population. […]

As the country celebrates this year’s nutrition month, the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) iterates the importance of consuming healthy and nutritious rice. To promote healthier rice, the Institute will serve brown or unpolished rice in its cafeteria for free every Monday of July. “Brown rice is nutritionally superior to white or polished rice as it has more fiber, protein, vitamin E, B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin), and […]

In the outskirts of Santiago, Gerona, Tarlac, a community is nestled in the middle of an agricultural land. Here, families know each other. After all, they are related by blood. By early afternoon, many of the relatives gather under a massive mango tree where halo-halo is being sold to beat the April heat. It resembles an opening sequence of a local movie – children at play, the huddle of parents […]