Dr. Jun Ynares
US TikTok ban and social media power
January 21, 2025 4:00 pm
It is baffling and funny that a social media platform should be among the prominent issues in the public forum just as the torch of leadership of the United States of America was being passed.
Lessons from Mother Nature
January 14, 2025 4:05 pm
As we write this column, a historic, unprecedented wildfire that started on Jan. 7 is still raging in Southern California, decimating a total of 40,000 acres, destroying more than 12,000 structures, forcing some 155,000 people to flee their homes, and putting another 160,000 plus on alert for possible evacuation.
Traslacion: Faith, fervor, favor
January 07, 2025 11:22 pm
Tomorrow, Jan. 9, millions of devotees are expected to join the annual religious tradition called “Traslacion” — the procession commemorating the historic transfer of the image of Jesus Nazareno from a church in Intramuros to its present-day shrine in Quiapo, Manila.
The Christmas letter
December 24, 2024 4:12 pm
As the world marks the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, I would like to share once again the letter I wrote to my eldest daughter, Cassandra, in 2011. This has been a tradition in our column.