Black Saturday is traditionally observed as a special non-working holiday in the country. But its significance is not as well-known or widely appreciated as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The solemnity of the two preceding days is lifted; the somber mood is replaced by a return to...
Today is Good Friday, a special day to remember for the Christendom in observance of the day Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross of Calvary. So what is good about Good Friday, what is good about the death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God? While Jesus Christ died a gruesome death, we should...
The European Commission announced last week that it will continue recognizing certificates for seafarers issued by the Philippines, thereby boosting the country’s status as the world’s largest source of maritime labor. Currently, there are some 50,000 Filipino seafarers working in EU-flagged...
Cases of heat stroke are rising not only among the vulnerable, but also among young students who are cooped up inside a classroom for hours. The extreme heat these days, exacerbated by global warming where summer becomes more intense, has seen students dehydrated, heat exhausted, and generally...
Year in, year out, alarm bells over a water crisis are being raised by various sectors of society. Water shortage is experienced in different parts of the country, drying large tracts of land and destroying the agriculture sector, due particularly to the entrance of the dry season, but now...
Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the day the faithful reflects on the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. There are contradicting emotions that come with religious reflections on the meaning of Palm Sunday. There’s happiness in the manner Jesus is welcomed by a large...
The correlation is not readily apparent, since nutrition is closer to health and wellness while socioeconomic development involves industries, labor and capital. But it did not escape President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s mind that in his overarching objective of pushing economic recovery of the nation...
We are facing challenging times and changing norms. Emerging from a three-year long pandemic where lives and livelihood were upended, there are still a lot of us who are struggling from social, mental, or economic hardships. The world is not in a stable condition, too, as nations face a myriad of...
Today marks one month of the oil spill disaster and it seems that the worst is far from over. M/T Princess Empress, carrying about 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, capsized off Naujan in Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28, 2023. Spilling thick oil into the sea, it was a tragic disaster that...
Speaking at the Water Conference and Exposition last week, President Marcos reiterated his administration’s firm resolve to address the water crisis through grassroots-level and technology-based solutions. Recall that since he took office, his administration has taken on a high-profile advocacy...
The warm and dry season has started as the cold weather associated with the northeast monsoon or “amihan” season ended, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced last March 21. But it’s not called “summer,” a PAGASA weather...
Lights out! That could be the most crippling predicament that residential consumers and businesses will have to wade through especially in the heat of the summer months. But today, March 25, there will be a “moment of darkness” – but instead of triggering Filipinos to be hot under the collar,...
