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Presyo ng libro, posibleng magmahal dahil sa TRABAHO bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 03:18 AM

Pati mga libro, posibleng maging mas mahal, hindi lang dahil sa palitan ng piso sa dolyar, kundi pati na rin sa ikinakasang TRAIN 2 o Trabaho Bill. Read more »

13 things to do this weekend: September 14-16

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 06:07 PM

Here are some of the events, shows, and activities you can check out this weekend. Read more »

Manila International Book Fair 2018, nagsimula na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 02:05 AM

Nagbukas kanina ang Manila International Book Fair sa Pasay. Read more »

Books for really less

Erik De Castro, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 12 10:14 PM

A vendor eats a meal near a pile of second-hand books for sale along a sidewalk at the University Belt in Manila n Wednesday. Read more »

Five novels you can't have not read

Metro Him Archives
Updated as of Sep 16 08:42 AM

Considering a dive into the Filipino novel? It's about time. Here, the essential five.  Read more »

This thick new Taschen title is what you might call "library porn"

Carmela Fernando
Updated as of Sep 12 10:59 PM

This may primarily sound like one of a book lover’s wildest dreams, but whether you’re a bibliophile, armchair traveler, art lover, architecture fan, or photography aficionado, the Italian lensman Massimo Listri’s new book is a visual feast that you’ll love. Read more »

This gloriously illustrated book will take you back to a childhood dream

Alo Lantin
Updated as of Sep 12 11:05 PM

The idea of living up in trees like Tarzan thrilled the young adventurer in us. Tree Houses, Fairy Castles in the Air, proves some people never outgrew the dream. Read more »

The recommendation: horror titles based on real life

Carmela Fernando
Updated as of Sep 12 11:15 PM

Horror stories are like porn—no matter how grotesque, terrifying or tasteless, you can’t take your eyes away from the screen or the page.  Read more »

Higit P25-M halaga ng sirang libro, iniimbestigahan ng DepEd

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 03:37 AM

Iniimbestigahan na ng DepEd ang higit P25 milyong halaga ng librong hindi napakinabangan dahil nasira sa baha. Read more »

DepEd to look into COA report on P25.2M worth of damaged textbooks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 01:49 AM

The Department of Education (DepEd) said Monday it will look into the report of the Commission on Audit (COA) over P25.2 million worth of damaged textbooks due to insufficient warehousing facilities.   Read more »

Failon Ngayon: Mali-maling Libro

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 10:06 AM

Maling mga spelling at mga maling impormasyon, ilan lamang ito sa mga napapansin sa libro ng mga estudyante ngayon sa elementarya at high school.Bakit nga ba nalalathala ang mga librong it? Dumadaan ba muna ito sa Department of Education? Sino ba ang dapat magsuri ng mga librong ito?  Read more »

Nobel-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 04:15 PM

British author V.S. Naipaul, a famously outspoken Nobel laureate who wrote on the traumas of post-colonial change, has died at the age of 85. Read more »

Toni, Alex release book about sisterhood

Dianne Mariano
Posted at Jul 30 09:35 PM

Celebrity siblings Toni and Alex Gonzaga have teamed up to release “Sissums,” a book that deals with sisterhood, which they both consider a passion project. Read more »

Stan Lee drops $1 billion lawsuit against company he started

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 10 08:15 AM

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in May, accused POW! Entertainment CEO Shane Duffy and co-founder Gill Champion of failing to disclose fully to Lee details of the firm's 2017 sale to Camsing International.  Read more »

Will Xian Lim release a book soon?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 12:40 PM

It seems that Xian Lim will soon add “book author” to his growing list of achievements. Read more »

Kakulangan ng silid-aralan at aklat, hamon pa rin sa ilang paaralan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 05:13 AM

MIlyon-milyong estudyante ang balik-eskuwela ngayong araw. Pero kahit bago na ang school year, luma pa rin ang mga problema gaya ng kulang na silid-aralan at libro. Read more »

My learning companion

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 02:50 PM

A young student carries his books as he leaves class on the first day of school at the Rosauro Almario Elementary school in Tondo, Manila on Monday. Read more »

An unrivaled comic-book hero, Superman going strong at 80

Leo Mouren, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 10:13 PM

Eighty years after his debut in Action Comics #1, Superman is still an American cultural icon, the hero of reference and the undisputed star of DC Comics. Read more »

Kampanya para makalikom ng 10 milyong libro, inilunsad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 04:58 AM

10 milyong libro. 'Yan ang target kolektahin ng isang grupo para ipamigay sa mga public school ngayong magpapasukan. Read more »

OPINION: Blair & Robertson, 'The Philippine Islands 1493-1898'

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at May 25 09:20 PM

Happily, “Blair and Robertson” is now available in digitized platform. E-books. The “Project Gutenberg” as well as in “Primary Sources in Philippine History” are both a ‘google’ away!  Read more »