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...
Reelectionist mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) are still ahead in the latest survey for the May 9 national and local elections. PUBLiCus released its “Pahayag NCR Tracker,” an independent and non-commissioned survey conducted from April 8 to 13. The incumbent mayors who 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...
Noting that the Filipino commuters are suffering because of the inefficient public transportation system in Metro Manila, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday, April 19, questioned the government’s slow implementation of the bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Metro Manila that could’ve...
The pandemic has set back the opening of the P488-billion Metro Manila Subway by three years, to 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has confirmed. Originally, target start date for partial operations for the subway's first three stations from Valenzuela – Mindanao Avenue Station,...
Art Lounge Manila’s newest exhibits feature the larger-than-life works of Anna de Leon, Francis Nacion Jr., Louie Ignacio, Jonathan Dangue, Ricky Francisco, Melissa Yeung Yap, and 0270501 A painted canvas is like a window to a new world created out of an artist’s imagination. But seeing a...
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...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jn 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the...
Of all the Christian celebrations marked all over the world, Easter Sunday is perhaps the most meaningful as it celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, signifying that He has risen from the grave, three days after crucifixion. This means He has triumphed over death and by that, His...
Will the press conference scheduled on Easter Sunday, April 16, at a plush Makati City hotel be attended by four or five presidential candidates? A media advisory supposedly sent by the camp of presidential candidate Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso stated that the Manila mayor and three other...
With 24 days before the May 9 national and local elections, what will four presidential candidates say during their scheduled joint press conference tomorrow, April 17, an Easter Sunday? A media advisory said the four candidates will meet media practitioners at 11 a.m. at the Rigodon Ballroom,...
