MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza When LPA meets Malakas, destructive floods occur in places in the Visayas and Mindanao while Metro Manilans pray for rain. Rain is as utilitarian as it is romantic, but what a waste, when all that precious precipitation just goes down the drain. And yet, and yet, at...
How can a tribe protect its 100-hectare ancestral domain? It’s a dream too big to reach for a tribe whose members are small farmers, each struggling to provide daily sustenance to their families, with a few of them on the way to leaving the land to seek jobs in the big cities. But hope – and a...
EDITORS DESK Iñigo S. Roces With fuel prices currently high, it’s important to get the most mileage out of your fuel. While getting a newer, more fuel-efficient vehicle is out of the question for most, thankfully, there are many ways we can extract more kilometers out of each drop using the...
(Lei Tapang / Save the Children Philippines / file photo) A child rights organization called on the government to ensure that policies and laws for the benefit of learners with disabilities are strengthened and fully implemented. “Learners with disabilities have long been impacted by different...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said he knows a way to save the Philippines some P1.4 billion in fuel costs everyday amid the current volatility in the world crude market. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “The situation in the global markets will take a while to stabilize. Meanwhile we are...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today Jesus rejects the messianic glory expected by the people of Israel and embraces the destiny of the suffering Son of Man. He invites his would-be follower to do the same — to renounce one’s self, take up one’s cross, and lose one’s life for Jesus and the...
Guji Lorenzana It’s an all-too-familiar story we’ve heard of this past two years. COVID-19 and its variants have been hogging the news cycles so much that it has become the norm. It still stings though when we find out that someone we know has caught it. Just ask Guji Lorenzana. The...
As COVID-19 continues to impact communities around the world including the Philippines, today’s Google doodle urges people to get vaccinated and wear face masks to help stop the spread of the virus and save lives. media The “Get Vaccinated. Wear a Mask. Save Lives.” animated doodle shows the...
Save Palawan Seas Foundation deploys rapid assessment task force to better understand the destruction of Northern PalawaRn THEY NEED HELP The aftermath of Typhoon Odette (Bobbie Alota from AFP) Through Typhoon Odette, the nation is coming together. Save Palawan Seas Foundation has conducted and...
At least 300 minors will ‘cheat’ possible death and as a bonus, will be able to play, study and spend birthdays like ordinary normal children after expenses for their surgery were assured by the 1PACMAN Partylist on Thursday, Dec. 16. A two-year-old girl with CHD thanks to Deputy Speaker Romero...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid These days, we are given to doom saying or forebodings perhaps because of exposure to “Cassandras” who continually predict that our planet will no longer be able to survive the current onslaught on our environment. Climate change poses a threat, and society...
Actual construction of the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam, pegged by the Duterte administration as its top solution to Metro Manila's water woes, may have to wait until next year because of delays in meeting some conditions, including consent from the affected indigenous peoples, according to the new...
