Here is one story I heard from Fr. Ben Prado, SVD, our veteran missionary to Indonesia. In one of his mission trips, he found ...
Manila folks woke up this week to the unsightly spectacle of tree stumps covered with tarpaulins lining up the sidewalk of ...
Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the former chief of the National Police under former President Rodrigo Duterte, is now a fugitive—hunted by the very institution he once commanded. He ...
One of my favorite Japanese phrases is “ichi go ichi e,” meaning a once in a lifetime encounter. It dates back to the 16th ...
Why do pundits never tire of complaining, “There was a time, long ago, when we Filipinos were the best in such and such, but ...
I woke up choking on blood. I barely made it out of bed; a thick, watery clump just poured out of my mouth. Red. So much red.
In 2025, solar energy generation peaked from March to May. But so did coal energy generation, especially during evening peak ...
In the recent summit between United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Taiwan issues, both leaders focused on managing a possible escalation of the conflict instead of ...
Ad absurdum is a Latin phrase that means “to absurdity” and refers to situations, claims, or endless arguments that seem to lead nowhere, illogical, ridiculous, absurd. In Filipino, absurd translates ...
A friend describes Metro Manila heat best in Spanish, “hace calor como siete demonios (it’s hot as seven devils).” On hot and humid days, I wish I were in cooler climes like Baguio, Tagaytay, and Lipa ...
The country must reinsert the real Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano into the public mind. For a while, he had slipped into the ...