EDITORS DESK AA Patawaran Last week, a friend shared with me a message from a Viber group chat, in which someone ever magnanimously urged the rest of the group, to have “patient and knowledgeable discussions with the masses, starting with our kasambahay, at least to influence their family and...
EDITORS DESK When first announced by the Land Transportation Office (LTO,) the Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) requirement prior to registration drew a lot of flack from motorists. The resistance was understandable as it was introduced at the height of the pandemic and the initial...
EDITORS DESK Art Samaniego While it looks like senior citizens are often a target for cybercriminals, the truth is, bad guys are randomly looking for people they could scam online. Cybercriminals do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, color, gender, sexual orientation, social...
EDITORS DESK Johannes Chua I have a confession to make – in my four decades as a citizen of this country, I have never voted. There is no rhyme or reason why; maybe, I was just lazy or I just didn’t care. So I was so surprised when I found myself one afternoon at my district’s COMELEC office...
EDITORS DESK Robert Requintina Expect some star power as some movie and television personalities join the race in the national elections 2022. These celebrities are vying for positions ranging from congressman to mayoral, senatorial and gubernatorial posts, to party-list representatives. It's not a...
EDITORS DESK BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT The pandemic has caught everyone offguard and sent most governments, even the most advanced of economies, scrambling for solutions. But while the world literally stood still, there must be a way to ensure that life goes on. This is what we call preservation. One...
EDITORS DESK Inigo Roces You’ve probably seen a video or two of motorcycle riders racing either on the highway or provincial roads. In the videos, they tuck their head and body in to reduce wind resistance, weave through traffic, and approach speeds that make other cars look like they’re...
EDITORS DESK AA Patawaran Divorce is the sound of a bell solemnly rung at a funeral. Everybody is a witness to the loss, if not even a victim. It’s a circus come to town, or more like a circus leaving town, with all its aerial silks, daisy chains and slings, pulleys and swivels left on the ground...
EDITORS DESK In 2020, Â a massive phishing campaign on Facebook successfully stole more than 15,000 accounts based in the Philippines. Using FB targeting technology, the scammers were able to identify users who are more likely to engage with their posts. By paying Facebook via sponsored posts,...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla With the Olympic fever slowly fading from national consciousness and the Filipino winners now settling into their brandnew life of the rich and famous after a performance to remember in Tokyo, the question now lies on the sports leaders on how they will value time and...
EDITORS DESK BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT The remaining strands of protection for domestic enterprises from majority foreign control will be lifted once the three pending economic bills are passed into law. In his last state of the nation address, President Duterte made a last ditch appeal to Congress...
EDITORS DESK Johannes Chua Early this week, French President Emmanuel Macron, in response to the rising cases of the more infectious Delta variant, outlined strong measures to stem the virus spread. His address to the nation can be best summed up with this: “Get vaccinated or else…” He was...
