For the second year in a row, the faithful will witness this year’s Holy Week solemnity on TV, laptop, tablet or smart-phone screens. They will perform vicariously the ritual waving of palaspas (palm leaves) this Palm Sunday. Images of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem atop a donkey are vividly...
In a digitally wired world, turning off lights and gadgets for one hour appears a bit much of a sacrifice – but think again, because that “time window” could be the most important hour for us to reflect on what we can really do to save the planet we’re currently living in. “Earth Hour”...
Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta retires tomorrow, March 27, after serving the Judiciary for more than 34 years as a prosecutor, a trial court judge, an associate justice and later presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan, and associate justice of the Supreme Court and then as chief justice. He...
Two years ago this month, Metro Manila residents experienced a water supply crisis. President Duterte berated the two concessionaires, Manila Water and Maynilad, and issued threats on dire consequences if the problem would not be resolved. Today’s edition of the PAGASA website reports: “La...
The exodus of overseas Filipino workers leaving their employment abroad or being displaced because of the pandemic is one major source of headache for the government, which is still battling the surging cases of COVID-19 in the country. A total of 569,462 OFWs had been repatriated last year and...
Just as many citizens were looking forward to being footloose for out-of-town Holy Week excursions, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases announced the enforcement of a General Community Quarantine (GCQ) covering Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and...
As consumers complain of dizzying hikes in oil prices, or at times, unsatisfied at the amount of rollbacks in recent weeks, the oil companies are consequentially suspect of profit-taking. The deregulation of the downstream oil industry is already traversing roughly 23 years -- yet the fires of...
As public anxiety grows over the renewed spike in COVID-19 cases, increasing the inflow of vaccine supply and accelerating the pace of vaccination have become even more imperative. “We have to keep pace with our neighbors, which except for Indonesia, have (a) lower infection rate than us...
“Although the Philippines still has rooms for improvement in addressing issues concerning women, it is by-far a great place to become a woman.” This assessment, made by the Asia Society, is an auspicious commentary on the extent and scope of women empowerment in the country. Across a...
Scammers prey on those looking for an additional source of income to augment their earnings or to grow their nest egg and secure their future. They offer investment deals that guarantee huge profits for doing almost nothing. Some may be skeptical or cautious and initially invest just a small amount...
Philippine Airlines (PAL), the country’s flag carrier and Asia’s oldest airline, turns 80 this month amid a continuing pandemic-induced financial difficulty that fell upon the aviation industry globally. PAL had seen the worst and the best of times, but this pandemic is one that could kill a...
Who would have thought that an issue that led to war and nearly divided the great United States continues to be an issue today. President Abraham Lincoln fought the American civil war to save the United States of America from fragmenting back into old alliances, but he also fought to end slavery in...
