The Philippines continues to grapple with serious gaps in reading comprehension. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, about 90 percent of Filipinos aged five...
DAMASCUS—Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in secret after...
Tokyo, Japan—Publicity-shy Japanese author Haruki Murakami told his alma mater Tuesday that he was far from being a model scholar, as he collected an honorary...
Stockholm, Sweden—Author Han Kang became on Thursday the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterized by the correspondence between...
Three Filipino children’s books were recognized at the 39th International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) International Congress, held from Aug. 30 to...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos recently inaugurated a permanent gallery on the second floor of the National Library of the Philippines for over 66,000 books,...
“In his letter to young priests, Francis pointed out that reading...improves one’s vocabulary, develops intellectual capacity and reduces stress and anxiety”
VATICAN CITY – Pope...
President Marcos gave his eldest son, Ilocos Norte first district Rep. Sandro Marcos, a humorous go-to guide for sex positions for his 30th birthday.
In...
