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SINCE its establishment in 1898, has taken pride as the country‘s oldest and longest-running English daily. It has borne witness to life-changing events and continued to measure up to the highest level of journalism.

The Filipino story can be seen within the paper’s pages, from its major departments to special reports. Through the years, The Times (published as The Sunday Times every Sunday) has boasted thought-provoking op-ed section as well as comprehensive coverage on

Major departments

After its front page, the paper‘s major departments are “News,““Regions,““Opinion,““Business Times,““World,““Sports,““Lifestyle,““Entertainment,““Classified Ads,“and “World.“With the front page in Section A—arranged according to separate sets of pagination—are “News,““Regions,“and “Opinion.““Business Times“and “World“lead Section B, which also has Stock Watch, Corporate News, Foreign Business, and Public Square. Golf and Football, meanwhile, are subsections of “Sports“within Section C.

and “Entertainment“for its last page, while the inside pages consist of stories bearing weekly themes labeled as Expats&Diplomats, Parenting, PCSO [Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office], Flavors, and Destinations.

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The paper special pages

also has published weekly in their respective departments, including Stock Watch, Boardroom Watch, Build&Design, Campus Press, Fast Times, Green Industries, Health Industry, Agribusiness, Maritime, and THE LOOKBOOK. There are also the occasional Special Feature and “false cover,“which cater to supplementary articles and stories paid for by clients, as well as enterprise and investigative pieces called Special Report.

For the weekend treat, The Sunday Times has “Sunday Business & IT“as well as the accompanying weekly magazine called Sunday Times Magazine.

While the readers are more familiar with the paper’s major departments, which are usually seen as well in other broadsheets here and abroad, here are some details on its special sections:

• Fast Times Featuring updates and trends on the automobile industry, Fast Times has now expanded to include motorcycles, carcentric lifestyle features, and new technologies. It is printed every Tuesday in full-color and on white paper.

• Build&Design is dedicated to stories on commercial and residential real estate, the latest developments in construction, and and the trends in architecture. It comes out every Wednesday and is edited by Mario Fetalino. Build&Design also has its own individual and corporate columnists, including United Architects of the Philippines.

• Boardroom Watch features stories on the business lifestyle of CEOs and top business executives. It rolls out every Friday under the editorship of Margie Logarta.

• Special Features, which presents timely topics relevant and interesting to the readers, consists of advertorials or stories and information paid for by clients. It comes out as the need arises. It‘s usually a page included in a regular or special section, or a separate section on its own.

• A “false cover,“meanwhile, is an advertising package for clients. It includes a four-page pullout on top of The Times‘ front page of the day. Like the Special Feature, it comes out occassionally, depending on an agreement with a client.

• As a weekly accompanying magazine to the broadsheet, Sunday Times Magazine features Filipino leaders and champions for its cover story, with additional features on literary, art, and lifestyle.

• Special Report includes stories such as Quarterly Banking Reports and Industry Reports that give readers a deeper insight on current issues affecting the country and its people.

• Campus Press is a section dedicated to students. It is where students from the different colleges and universities can contribute their work—be it a news article, literary work, or visual artwork. It also carries news and updates on campus life and events. Campus Press comes out every Thursday as a separate section on its own.

• THE LOOKBOOK indulges in fashion and anything related to lifestyle, to cap off the work week. It comes out every Saturday as an additional section to the paper.

• Public Square is a designated page—printed under the Business Times section—for press releases coming from the clients. It comes out every Monday as two pages with 18 press/photo releases, and as a one-page special section with nine press items every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and

Sunday. • Health Industry is special page for stories relating to pharmaceutical companies, research and development, and medical and medicinal breakthroughs. It comes out every Saturday as part of the Business Times section.

• Green Industries features stories on how companies and cities contribute to fight climate change. It also includes news about programs on CSR, or corporate social responsibility. Green Industries comes out every Thursday under the Business Times section. It‘ s prominent columnist is Ludwig Federigan, cofounder and executive director of Young Environmental Forum and a member of Climate Reality Leadership Corps of the Climate Reality Project.

• Maritime is a special page dedicated to reports on the maritime industry both locally and globally. It comes out every Tuesday under the Business Times section, with stories edited by Carmela Huelar.

• Expats& Diplomats is a special page under the Lifestyle and the Entertainment sections, where it features news on the Philippines‘ bilateral, trilateral, and multilateral relations with other countries. It comes out every Monday.

• Dedicated to the agriculture industry, Agribusiness comes out every Friday under the Business Times section. It also features the prominent doctor-columnist, William Dar, a Filipino known internationally for his works in agriculture.

• Stock Watch is the latest addition to the list of special sections. It aims to provide investors and traders with crucial information and analyses of the stock market. It summarizes the weekly and monthly stock performance of publicly-listed companies and explains the factors that trigger shareprice movements. Stock Watch comes out every Monday on page B3 of the Business Times section, with reports written by Tyrone Jasper Piad.