IT'S THE SMALL THINGS While the rainy season is clearly upon us, and as thunder roars more often than not these days, a lot of schools have also begun their summer breaks. This got me nostalgic, and thinking about my student days when I still had summer break as part of my annual agenda. It was a...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last Thursday, May 18, we celebrated the birthday anniversary of our family matriarch, Consuelo “Chito” Madrigal. Earlier this week, in Naga, we finally had a proper launch of the short biography cum memoire I wrote during the pandemic featuring her. As I was explaining my...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. A Sunday in May every year where we find an extra excuse to celebrate the most important women in our lives. Although a day will never be enough to give adequate thanks to some of the most influential figures in our lives, it is also that day which...
Elegant, opulent, and in many ways relatable, Small Laude captured the hearts of many not just with her superb style but with her down-to-earth personality. Through her videos, people get a glimpse of the life of a socialite, and instead of getting intimidated, we laugh with her as she expresses...
COPENHAGEN - The Danish government and its private sector players have expressed willingness to participate in prospective public-private partnership (PPP) as well as extending concessional loans to various sub-segments of the emerging offshore wind (OSW) industry and in energy infrastructure...
Aside from looking for potential supplier for the planned nuclear power plant in the Philippines, Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said the government is also eyeing potential manufacturing of nuclear power reactors in the country. It could be recalled that President Ferdinand R....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS According to the Britannica, “happiness, in psychology, [is] a state of emotional well-being that a person experiences either in a narrow sense, when good things happen in a specific moment, or more broadly, as a positive evaluation of one’s life and accomplishments...
COPENHAGEN – The Philippine government, through the Department of Energy (DOE), has sounded off interest on accepting investment propositions and technology deployment anchored on "cradle-to-grave" parameters for nuclear power installations in the country. Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS On Monday, May first, we celebrate Labor Day. Known as “Araw ng Manggagawa” here in the Philippines, it is a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world. It is a holiday essentially to honor every hardworking Filipino (or laborer around the world for that matter)...
COPENHAGEN – Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla will take the podium at the world's largest energy event happening here this week to present the investment opportunities that the Philippine energy sector will be opening up to global investors, primarily the massive renewable energy (RE)...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I was recently asked by a friend of mine during a random conversation – if there are two traits or attributes in a person that you seek when either hiring an employee, or finding someone to work with, what would they be? Although, of course, there are so many more, the first...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Although I always make it a point to listen to homilies, sermons and the preaching of revered individuals, it is very seldom that one resonates so deeply with me. I do not know if it was the timing — the words I needed to hear on that day — or the delivery, but the homily...