DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista (FILE PHOTO) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Bautista assured that the government has enough resources to assist residents affected by the phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano on March 26. “Upang agaran nating maipaabot ang...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Today's gospel reading narrates the story of a father whose two sons abandon him (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32). The younger son goes to his father and says: “I'm going away, so give me my rightful inheritance today.” In his haste, he does not realize the...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (seated left) and Butuan City Mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada sign the Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of the Mindanao Disaster Resource Center. Also in the photo to witness the MOA signing are...
Loan releases by State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the pension fund for government workers, jumped to P151 billion in 2021, driven mainly by support to members who have reached borrowing limit and unable to pay loans. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Every day, we see wars, calamities, disasters through round-the-clock newsfeeds from the media. Our immediate reaction is fear because they remind us of the shortness of our life. But such a reaction hardly lingers because we have learned how to tune...
A total of P151 billion loans have been released by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to over 1 million members and pensioners in 2021, GSIS President and General Manager Rolando L. Macasaet disclosed. Macasaet noted that such is a four percent increase from the prior year’s total of...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. As Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine continues, the possibility of a global war looms on the horizon. The Russians are intent on winning the war. They forget that war has its own law that works in unpredictable ways. Violence is merciless not only...
Malacañang has announced the release of P3 billion worth of fuel subsidy to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) intended for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers, farmers, and fisherfolks to cushion the impact of the consecutive oil price hikes. (Alvin...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, said that the unexamined life is not worth living. For him, self-examination leads to self-knowledge, which is a sure way to happiness. Hence his famous dictum: "Know thyself." Many centuries have since passed. ...
Despite uncertainties amid the pandemic, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said its investment fund expanded last year on the back of “well-positioned” foreign currency denominated portfolio. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said on Friday, March 4,...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Judging from the way the People Power Revolution was celebrated last Feb. 25, it seems that the word EDSA has become a verbal overkill. The quantity of usage has outstripped the quality of discourse. EDSA seems to have lost its power and magic. Many...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. In his essay “The Use and Abuse of History,” Friedrich Nietzsche claims that the “contented cow” is called such because it does not remember the past and it lives each moment without regrets. When you ask the cow why it is happy, the cow cannot...
