Legislators seem to be in a hurry to amend the rice tariffication law (RTL) five years after it was enacted, with a growing consensus that it has failed to deliver on the promise to significantly bring down prices of rice. Recent price movements of rice, which is the top expenditure item among the bottom 40 percent of the country’s income groups, will bolster such arguments that it has fallen short of expectations that it would
Last May 6, Phinma Education, the largest private school network in Southeast Asia, celebrated its 20th anniversary. Founded in 2004, it currently serves more than 146,000 students, many of whom are the first in their families to enter college. While few freshmen are college-ready, they graduate with high licensure and employability rates and are better able to uplift themselves, their families, and their communities. The celebration, which brought together its employees from 10 schools across two countries, was an opportunity to look back at the organization’s history, align on the direction to take for the future, and renew its commitment to
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