Sustainable Development 3
Evelyn Nacario-Castro: COVID19 Pandemic Confirms Old Need to Boost Local Agriculture and Good Governance in Cebu
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – In more ways than one, the COVID19 pandemic in the tiny but populous city of Cebu in the Philippines have brought out the grit and bayanihan (community spirit) of its people. The crisis too has confirmed the nagging need to boost local agriculture and strengthen good governance more […]
Tribal Woman Leader: Improving Our Lives is a Village Decision
By Melissa Reanne De la Cruz For the Besao folk, the UN’s Community-Driven Development simply means that local people are the actors for and of their own development. New York City — An indigenous woman leader in the Mountain Province of the Philippines has shown the way that development is indeed internally […]
Outside the (Balikbayan) Box
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City A few months ago, I wrote to describe the balikbayan (literally meaning returning home) box as the receptacle of thoughtfulness and nostalgia of Filipinos who are living away from home. Filling this box with goodies, from coffee, chocolates, kitchen utensils, towels, shoes, to signature clothes and bags has […]
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