Dr. Dennis S. Mapa (far left), dean of the University of the Philippines School of Statistics and project consultant, presents the results of the 2017 National Book Development Board (NBDB) Readership Survey at Luxent Hotel in Quezon City on September 28, 2018. Also in photo are (seated onstage from second from left), Jessa S. Lopez, chief statistical specialist at the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute; NBDB Chairman Flor Marie Sta. Romana-Cruz; NBDB Executive Director Jerry G. Tizon; and NBDB Director for Operations Services Leonor G. Reyes. (Photo by Alvin I. Dacanay)
CENTURIES after Spanish missionaries first introduced it in the Philippines, the Bible remains to be the most widely read book in the country in the last year, according to the state-run National Book Development Board (NBDB).