Today we honor what would have been the 161st birth anniversary of José Rizal, if he himself had not seen that he would “have a short life,” as he said, snapping back at his sisters, who were teasing him for being such a small boy “eating as if every meal was for his entire lifetime.”...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Among overseas Filipinos, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is probably one of the most ardent and dedicated OFW welfare advocates. Through his nearly daily Facebook posts and frequent liaisons with different OFW groups in the Middle East and in the Philippines he has strongly...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE:OUR NEW ABNORMAL Now that our 2022 elections are done and dusted; the truly worrying part begins. I’ve often said that I don’t envy the ones who were running for the highest office in our land. For along with the victory, will come a plethora of thorny issues and...
With the May 2022 presidential race seemingly over and victory all but formalized by the National Board of Canvassers, UniTeam bet Bongbong Marcos appeared before media Wednesday night, May 11 to discuss "what's next". (Screenshot from Facebook live) "Maraming nagtatanong ngayon na kahit hindi pa...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus’ enemies could not go beyond the very human condition of Jesus despite his claims to be “sent from above.” They only associate “nobility” or “divinity” with something extraordinary, unfathomable, omnipotence — not familiarity, ordinariness, even poverty. For...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE:OUR NEW ABNORMAL In line with this year’s election fever, the Manila Bulletin launched it’s #MatalinongBotoParaSaMagandangBukas campaign; and one of the video content we created is now available on our MB website, and on our social media platforms. To be...
Variant Alphabet Soup: Deltacron redux, AY.4/BA.1, BA.2.2 nightmare in Hong Kong, and the truth about BA.2.3 CLINICAL MATTER Deltacron! As if Delta or Omicron wasn’t bad enough on its own, this hodge-podge of a virus is now a thing. Or is it? The initial report of a “Deltacron” virus came...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Wow, I didn’t imagine I could cause such a furor over a tweet I sent two days ago. In it, I put a photo collage of an orchid hybrid I named after Vice President Leni Robredo with a comment: “Seven years from pollination to blooming. A labor of love for one...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo The whole world watched in horror and dismay when the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine. We watched in shock at the utter destruction and deaths that the indefensible war has wrought on an independent, peaceful country minding its own...
Can we now throw away the masks? CLINICAL MATTERS Lockdowns have been a major feature of the pandemic since the first city-wide lockdown in Wuhan. Faced with a novel coronavirus for which there was no pre-existing immunity and no known treatment, the world had little choice but to drastically limit...
Editorial Today, Feb. 14, is Valentine’s Day, a special day for couples all over the world. Its origin can be traced back to a Roman festival for fertility, and the day was named after a saint, reportedly Saint Valentine’s who was martyred in February of 270 AD. Historians have said that this...
The stars may be technically, scientifically dead, but they poetically and literally guide us through all this randomness. “What is love?” the nine members of Twice sing in their 2015, pre-twentysomething girlish charm. One chirps, “Is it like in the books?” Another wonders, timed with a...
