World Immunization Week is marked annually during the last week of April, with this year’s events held from April 24 until the 30th. With the theme “Long Life for All,” this comes at a time when booster shots in our country are receiving a lukewarm response and where millions of vaccine doses...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Eternal life is contrasted with the “wrath of God” as the “harvest” a person reaps if he or she refuses to believe in Jesus, the Son of God. Eternal life is not just endless life but also fullness of life, the kind of life that the Holy Trinity enjoys and promises us. But...
With only 15 days left before the nation goes to the polls, the Commission on Elections and civic-spirited institutions are conducting voter education efforts that are vital in enabling the voters to participate meaningfully in the national and local elections. There are two focal points in...
REFLECTIONS TODAY While many of us Catholics have become a little “allergic” to the expression being “born again” as it is being almost exclusively claimed by some sects, the idea of a necessary rebirth or renewal of life reverberates in the whole of Holy Scriptures, from Genesis to...
“Wastong pag-utang, susi sa pagbangon ng bayan” (Proper borrowing, key to people’s recovery) is the theme of this year’s observance of Credit Consciousness Week a practice that began in the last week of April 1995 with the issuance by then President Fidel V. Ramos of Proclamation No. 568....
REFLECTIONS TODAY Every now and then this question is being asked, including by some coffee advertisers: “For whom do you wake up?” In general, people do not like to wake up early; for them, waking up is a great challenge. And so to make a sleepyhead get up, his/her loved ones prepare breakfast...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The disciples of Jesus are truly traumatized by what they saw happened to their Master that even when he appears to them, believing is a great challenge. And so Jesus has to do everything to convince them: show them his scarred hands, feet, and side, asking them to give him...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, April 18, said the projection of at least 300,000 active cases of Covid-19 by mid-May is possible should the public continue to neglect minimum health and safety protocols. This statement has sent ripples of concern especially in view of the fact that...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Frustrations are very much part of our life. When our plans and dreams are blocked or not realized, we get frustrated. The greater the hope and energy we invest on something, the greater the possibility of frustration, too, if it fails. The two disciples on the road to Emmaus are...
What the awardees have to say about being part of MB’s UPLIFT Manila Bulletin's President Emilio C. Yap III together with the awardees On April 7, the Manila Bulletin held its very first UPLIFT Awards at the Maynila Ballroom of the Manila Hotel, Asia’s “Grand Dame.” Before anything, the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Noli me tangere (“Touch me not”). Jesus’ words to Mary Magdalene have become so that memorable our national hero Jose Rizal even used them as title for one of his two famous novels. In Greek, Jesus’ words are “Mē mou haptou.” Literally, the expression means,...
A total of 8,241 out of 11,402 examinees passed the 2020-2021 bar examinations, or 72.28 percent. This surpassed the 59.06 percent passing rate recorded in 2016 in which there were 6,344 examinees. The manner in which the 2020-2021 bar examinations was conducted offers many lessons in governance...
