MANILA, Philippines — The Senate panel on basic education wants the Department of Education (DepEd) to fully implement Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) — a core subject in the K to 12 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My beloved and I are planning a small, intimate wedding. Rather than engage a printer, I am planning to handwrite letters to each invited guest, sharing the details of the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work as an usher at a popular field house that hosts a large number of sporting and entertainment events (concerts, comedy shows, etc.). One of the rules is that we are not ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work as an usher at a popular field house that hosts a large number of sporting and entertainment events (concerts, comedy shows, etc.). One of the rules is that we are not ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My beloved and I are planning a small, intimate wedding. Rather than engage a printer, I am planning to handwrite letters to each invited guest, sharing the details of the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am in my late 20s and have been going gray since preschool. My hair is now about 95% gray. I like it, and get many compliments about it, to which I always say thank you and ...

Miss Manners: I get vulnerable in front of a man, and then this happens Miss Manners: Don’t they know that work email isn’t private? Miss Manners: I just found out what my mother-in-law has ...

In our noisy, fast-paced world, we all follow unwritten rules, consciously or unconsciously. Non-taught social norms help us interact smoothly and respectfully. They maintain order and peace in our ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: From the files of “good manners run amok,” is it ever impolite to be friendly? I work in a bustling environment where my sole 30-minute break is in a shared break room ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: If my neighbor has a yard sale, should I feel obligated to purchase something, even if I have no use for it? Conversely, if I have a yard sale and a neighbor wants to purchase ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a cashier in a grocery store, and we’re required to wear a name tag with our first name printed boldly. It feels creepy when customers, often the male ones, address me ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a bridal shower where the bride-to-be asked for “no gifts, please.” Half the attendees showed up with gifts anyway, and the ones who honored her request and didn ...