WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Once an archbishop was discussing Christianity with a learned Japanese writer. The writer told the archbishop, "I can understand God the Father and God the Son, but I can never understand the significance of the ‘Honorable Bird’ (Holy Spirit)." * * * Today is...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo W hen Congress finally proclaims the winning candidate for president, as the indelible ink vanishes from our point finger, the so-called transition period from the Duterte administration will then begin. The Comelec partial and unofficial tally shows a big...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma On Monday, May 9, Filipinos will elect a new President and other national and local leaders. The election of a new President is a watershed event in the life of a nation. In 1986, the snap election called by Ferdinand Marcos – widely perceived as a gambit to fortify his grip...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo In 2019, Volkswagen said goodbye to the Beetle we all know, stopping the production of the iconic car of the last 80 years. It was Adolf Hitler who commissioned engineer Ferdinand Porsche to design a practical and cheap vehicle for the people, volk in...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo This coming May 9 election is a defining moment for the Filipino people. We could not think of a better subtext than Palawan Pawnshop’s quintessential tagline: “Alahas ang isinasangla, hindi ang iyong kinabukasan.” Beyond endorsing VP Leni, it...
Of substance and spirit Diwa C. Guinigundo Y es, there is a good likelihood of yet another close vote and electoral protest between VP Leni and Marcos Jr. on May 9, 2022. This much was the bottom line of the recent analysis of GlobalSource Philippine country analyst Romeo Bernardo. This is what the...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Lent brings to mind that time of penitence in some parts of Manila and Pampanga where flagellants abound on Good Friday. Some are nailed on the cross. Briefly done and with proper support, such is a pathetic partaking of the passion of Jesus. After an...
The lyrics of rookie K-pop boy band EPEX’s new song has been changed after the group was accused of making references to a riot carried out by the Nazis against Jews in Germany in the 1930s. EPEX made their comeback with the release of the new album “Prelude of Anxiety Chapter 1. '21st Century...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo 1Sambayan could not have clarified it more clearly, that no less than the Supreme Court in January 1999 ruled that the Marcoses owed the government ₱ 23.3 billion in estate taxes. For their failure to pay, the Marcoses accumulated tax liabilities...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo It was good that the Department of Finance (DOF) decided to prepare “a transition plan to help the next administration manage the country’s debt.” Some of its components must still be tentative. We have not seen a copy of the plan but it is crucial...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo By this afternoon, we expect the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to announce that it’s keeping its monetary policy stance of accommodating growth and looking through what it believes to be a temporary rise in inflation. This outcome is a foregone...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo If we go by what the surveys are saying, the possible results of the May 2022 presidential election may at best be mixed. Abstracting from their sampling designs, surveys convey different narratives. The major surveys seem to show that former Senator...
