This story appears in the June 10, 2013 issue of Forbes Asia. This is our seventh annual project highlighting the generous and often innovative efforts of the Asia-Pacific region’s most notable givers. […]
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Earth Day 2013: Philippines unveils building made from plastic bottles
Click Here For Original Post A Philippines building powered by solar energy and built from old plastic bottles was opened this weekend to showcase renewable energy and highlight the problem of waste ahead of today’s Earth Day. Designed in partnership […]
International women’s day: a voice from the Philippines
Jelen Paclarin is executive director of the Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau at the University of the Philippines, Quezon City Read more voices in our International women’s day interactive There are […]
Women in the Mix
To make Forbes Asia’s 2013 list of 50 Businesswomen In the Mix is to be performing center stage in the world’s most dynamic region – with more “box office” than hundreds of […]
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Filipinos fathered by US soldiers fight for justice
Click Here For Original Post They call them “Amerasians”, a throwback to a time when America had soldiers in the Philippines, and some of those soldiers had local girlfriends. Most of their […]
Reproductive Health Bill
In Philippines, a 14-year fight for birth control STORY HIGHLIGHTS Reproductive Health bill would make birth control free for poor in Philippines Catholic Church has opposed bill, which has been proposed for […]
In Philippines, a 14-year fight for birth control
Click Here For Original Post Manila, Philippines (CNN) — Growing up, Cecilia Lopez hoped to escape poverty by finishing school and becoming a teacher. But now 52 years old and having never […]
Philippines makes peace through technology
Click Here For Original Post Some countries have used digital technology as a means to bring about revolution. In the Philippines they are using new technologies to end it. More than 6,000 […]
Indonesia introduces Oscar to ‘Dancer’
MANILA — The Indonesian Motion Picture Producers‘ Assn. has chosen “The Dancer,” a dramatic love story set in the country’s politically turbulent 1960s, as its candidate for foreign language Oscar consideration. Starring Nyoman […]
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