Dr. Sibal’s unwavering commitment and valiant crusade for Filipino-crafted books decisively bore fruit with the issuance of the Department of Education Order No. 43 s. 1972, which states, “with a view of accomplishing an integrated, nationalistic, and democracy-inspired education system in the Philippines, all schools, colleges, and universities should use, if available, only textbooks authored by Filipinos and published locally in preference to those written by foreigners and printed abroad.” Through the decades, a succession of Dr. Sibal’s sons and daughters helmed Phoenix Publishing House, Inc. and brought it to new heights of leadership, helping create new products and transforming existing ones. The stringent demands of a burgeoning market gave rise to Sibs Publishing House, Inc. in the ‘90s. Underneath it all remained the true mission of the sister publishing houses—to improve the quality of Philippine education and the quality of life of teachers.