Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the day the faithful reflects on the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. There are contradicting emotions that come with religious reflections on the meaning of Palm Sunday. There’s happiness in the manner Jesus is welcomed by a large...
The correlation is not readily apparent, since nutrition is closer to health and wellness while socioeconomic development involves industries, labor and capital. But it did not escape President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s mind that in his overarching objective of pushing economic recovery of the nation...
We are facing challenging times and changing norms. Emerging from a three-year long pandemic where lives and livelihood were upended, there are still a lot of us who are struggling from social, mental, or economic hardships. The world is not in a stable condition, too, as nations face a myriad of...
Today marks one month of the oil spill disaster and it seems that the worst is far from over. M/T Princess Empress, carrying about 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, capsized off Naujan in Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28, 2023. Spilling thick oil into the sea, it was a tragic disaster that...
Speaking at the Water Conference and Exposition last week, President Marcos reiterated his administration’s firm resolve to address the water crisis through grassroots-level and technology-based solutions. Recall that since he took office, his administration has taken on a high-profile advocacy...
The warm and dry season has started as the cold weather associated with the northeast monsoon or “amihan” season ended, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced last March 21. But it’s not called “summer,” a PAGASA weather...
Lights out! That could be the most crippling predicament that residential consumers and businesses will have to wade through especially in the heat of the summer months. But today, March 25, there will be a “moment of darkness” – but instead of triggering Filipinos to be hot under the collar,...
Today is World TB Day. But who cares about tuberculosis, a deadly and infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria? While it used to be alarming, it appears now that the disease is no longer a cause for concern as far as the public is concerned. Probably, this complacent...
The headline is a question because it remains to be seen if our country is truly serious in becoming a tourism powerhouse. Words, plans, even a President’s directive are all “niceties,” but are we truly ready to match the tourism prowess of Bangkok, Bali, or Hong Kong? Are we putting money...
With President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. as witnesses, the director-general of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and the president of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) signed in Malacañang Palace last week a...
Food waste and hunger are problems around the world, including the Philippines. A Food Consumption Survey of the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) states: 1,717 metric tons of food are wasted every day in the Philippines. Every Filipino wastes...
The news that Malacañang has extended the long weekend of the first week of April was gladly met by both tourism industry players and vacation seekers. The President announced on March 14 to move the observance of the April 9, Araw ng Kagitingan, the next day, thus completing an extended long...
