PAGBABAGO Let me add a few thoughts on the recent tourism “love” campaign that turned sour because of what the Department of Tourism admits was an “unfortunate oversight.” It’s quite an expensive mistake and I hope we shall truly learn our lesson. I think most of us know that it would...
PAGBABAGO I have just completed the manuscript for my autobiography. When I started writing it last October, it was in the form of memoirs, a selection of memories in my life journey. But I started covering more events chronologically so someone suggested I should describe it as such. Many of...
PAGBABAGO April is Filipino Food Month. And we remember among others, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda’s commitment in pursuing our rich culinary heritage when last year, she introduced Senate Bill 244 or the Philippine Culinary Heritage Act which is geared towards cultivating and...
PAGBABAGO One of the most hotly debated issues – internet freedom, had divided governments and the public over the past eight to 10 years. Internet is a global commons and plays an important role in social, economic and political development. In 2020, our House of Representatives passed HB 7805,...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Again, it is time to recall the momentous events that led to the 1986 People Power Revolution. We who had joined protest rallies, vigils, prayer meetings, boycotts and other activities which had contributed to the gripping four-day phenomenon that ended a...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid The passing of Dr. Angel Alcala, noted marine scientist saddens not only his friends, students, and colleagues but the Filipino people and the nation. He is a rarity even among the best of our best scientists. For friends and colleagues like myself who had...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid With rising prices of commodities especially onions, which had skyrocketed during the recent holidays, I recall times during the mid-50’s and early 60’s, known as the period when the Philippine economy was at its healthiest. Among Asian neighbors, we were...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Like many friends on Facebook, I have mixed feelings about this social media platform. But despite controversies surrounding it, such as its alleged manipulation of privacy, dissemination of disinformation, and potential dangers such as identity theft, I still...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid While going through the Christmas and New Year greetings on Facebook and the social media, I can’t help noticing how the latter have become so creative in providing us a wide choice of greetings through “Emoji” and packaged wise sayings and literary...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Tonight, we bid goodbye to 2022 as we welcome 2023 and the Year of the Black Rabbit which officially begins Jan. 22. According to the Chinese horoscope, it will be a happy year of longevity, discretion, and good luck. The Black Water Rabbit is a harbinger of...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid The passing of Jose Maria Sison, founding leader of the 54-year old Communist Party of the Philippines, one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies, makes us pause with the query – “Who will fill the empty chair?” Who can match Joma’s charisma,...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid In 2018, the Supreme Court granted the petitions of Batangas Gov. Hermilando Mandanas and the late former Bataan Gov. Enrique Garcia, Jr. that the local government units (LGUs) internal allotment or IRA (now called the national tax allotment or NTA) should come...
