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Vernon Go, president and publisher of Fookien Times PH Yearbook, says his grandfather started publishing and documenting the “progress” of the Filipino through the yearbook in 1935.

Go says the theme of the most recent yearbook, the Filipino national identity, shows that the Philippines’ identity is still a work in progress.

Go says the whole book, with its essays and articles on culture, food and architecture, shows bits and pieces of Filipino culture.

Nanette Medved-Po, founder and chairwoman of HOPE and Plastic Credit Exchange, says the group initially began by supporting Philippine education. She says they transitioned to helping small local farmers before focusing on ending the plastic pollution crisis.

Medved-Po says building the infrastructures needed to support the public school sector is a really big challenge. She says there was a 68,000 classroom shortage when they first started to contribute to building facilities.

On the plastic pollution issue, Medved-Po says the country has been making “bold” contributions for progress. She says the country has recently passed the most aggressive plastic extended producer legislation in the world.