PEACE-MAKER (We are reprinting excerpts of our much-earlier column dated April 26, 2020 in memory of our dear friend, the late Sen. Heherson “Sonny” Alvarez, who would have turned 85 years old this Oct. 26, 2024). Former Senator Heherson “Sonny” Alvarez and this columnist saw each...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE When the Spouses of the Heads of Mission (SHOM) mounted their annual fundraiser this 2024, it was a stroke of good fortune that they synergized with SM Retail and Kultura. With the partnership, the event brought together the diplomatic community,...
DTI-Design Center Executive Director Rhea Matute, community livelihood consultant Rambie Lim, TAYO Design Studio Co-founder Tasha Tanjutco, Ogilvy Consulting Asia President Paolo Mercado, Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo Director Corazon Alvina, Dapat Studio Strategy Director Karina...
REFLECTIONS TODAY How can God not forgive a sin? We know him to be merciful, why would he reserve a sin to be unforgivable? The Catechism of the Catholic Church (n 1864) explains what it means to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit concerns this: Unrepentance. We...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) believes that the ongoing probe into the agency's use of funds is "unnecessary" because the matter is already being handled by the Supreme Court (SC), warning about a "constitutional crisis" if lawmakers will continue doing so. The OVP in a statement...
REFLECTIONS TODAY There is a great probability that St. Luke accompanied St. Paul in his missionary journeys. St. Paul relates accounts of his mishaps: lashings, beatings, stoning, shipwreck, drifting on sea, all sorts of dangers, toil, hardship, hunger, thirst, and cold, among other things that he...
Irish band The Corrs will be returning to Manila for a Valentine’s Day treat next year. They will be holding their two-day concert “The Corrs: From Manila with Love” on Feb. 15-16, 2025 at the Araneta Coliseum. Tickets to the concert will go on sale starting at noon on Oct. 20...
Australia will extend to the Philippines over P4 billion yearly or a total of more than P20 billion in official development assistance (ODA) grants to priority programs and projects under a new five-year plan. Launched on Thursday, Oct. 17, the Australia-Philippines Development Partnership Plan...
Zobel-led Bank of the Philippine Islands reported a 24.3 percent growth in net income to a record P48 billion in the first nine months of 2024 from P38.6 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said earnings growth was driven by robust...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The House of Representatives has finalized its decision to slash P1.3 billion from the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) under Vice...
OFF THE BEATEN PATH Midway through the celebration of the National Indigenous People’s Month pursuant to Proclamation No. 1906, series of 2009, let us not ignore the challenges they confront in accessing reliable and affordable energy. While those from the more developed areas are not spared from...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Once a fellow priest took me to buy groceries. While passing through a moving conveyor belt, we passed by a stranger, a woman struggling to push her cartload of stuff bought from the stores. As if by instinct, my companion helped her push the cart, and immediately the ice was...
