News Monitoring
| Title | Writer | Date | Brief Introduction | Newspaper | Page | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-mining protest marks International Women’s Day | Jonathan L. Mayuga | Saturday, March 9, 2013 |
Members of various women’s groups stormed the bustling central business district of Makati City on Friday to protest the government’s policy to promote mining, which, they said, is undermining women’s rights in the Philippines. |
Business Mirror | Top news | |
| Declare women’s day a holiday — solons | Maricel Cruz | Saturday, March 9, 2013 |
Following the celebration of the International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8, lawmakers expressed hopes that a proposal that seeks to declare March 8 a non-working holiday in the country will ultimately become a law in the next Congress to allow Filipino women to fully enjoy their special day through a one day break from their work places. |
Manila Standard Today | Main stories | |
| Women likely to ignore heart attack symptoms | Ritchie A. Horario | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
Many women disregard signs of a heart attack because the symptoms are sometimes peculiar, according to a top cardiologist. |
Manila Times | Top stories | |
| Interesting time to be Filipina | Rina Jimenez-David | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
I’ve written columns on International Women’s Day, which we celebrate today, almost from the start of my column-writing career. And believe me, it’s been a rather long career. |
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Opinion | |
| Lady senators mark Int'l Women's Day | Christina Mendez | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
Senators Loren Legarda and Pia Cayetano hailed Friday Congress' progress in pushing for the women's agenda and the protection of their well-being as the two lawmakers marked the International Women’s Day. |
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Headlines | |
| Protest marks Int’l Women’s Day | Tina G. Santos | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
Women workers marked the eve of the International Women’s Day Thursday with a protest action in Manila to raise their economic and labor demands. |
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Nation | |
| Transforming crab paste processing | --- | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
The Riverside community of Cagbunga of the town of Gainza, Camarines Sur depends on crab paste processing as an alternative source of income for its 1,600 residents. The Bicol River has an abundance of small freshwater crabs which the people learned to prepare as pre-processed crabmeat in the mid-1980s. The crabmeat was sold to Pampanga, more than 500 kilometers away, where it is processed into finished products. |
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Section I | |
| Bread and roses | Michael L. Tan | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
It’s the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD), an official holiday in many countries. There’s an interesting twist here: In China, Nepal and Madagascar, March 8 is a holiday only for women! |
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Opinion | |
| Celebrating women | V. P. Vamenta | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
Today is International Women’s Day in this International Women’s Month of March. The theme for this year’s celebration is, “Kababaijan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan” (Women: Guides Through the Straight Path). |
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Nation | |
| Filipinas support ‘tuwid na daan’ in 2013 Women’s Month Celebration | --- | Friday, March 8, 2013 |
The country observes International Women's Day (IWD) with a month-long celebration starting with the observance of Women's Week on March 1, followed by festivities today, March 8, to celebrate National Women's Day. |
Philippine Daily Inquirer | Section I |