With storytelling skills honed through classroom reports, a fourth-year student from Sauyo High School in Quezon City was crowned “king” in the first-ever Inquirer Read-Along Festival Storytelling Competition.
The number of Filipino families who consider themselves poor has grown, particularly in Luzon (excluding Metro Manila) where gloom about worsening conditions has expanded, eclipsing improvements seen in other areas, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
To prevent mix-ups among combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, criminal syndicates and kidnap-for-ransom groups, an area is identified for MILF fighters to stay in while military or police operations are being conducted in MILF-influenced communities.
