*CLASSROOM INTERACTION strengthens the value of a national language. (Juan Carlo De Vela)* August, being Buwan ng Wika (National Language Month), as mandated by Proclamation 1041 signed in 1997, is a good time to talk about the many languages in our country. According to the National Museum of the...
China is truly a fascinating country. Over 4,000 years of recorded history have established China’s place in the must-see list of travelers. Its historical sites – the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and the Terracotta Warriors – will always give a strong boost of wonder; its natural wonders...
Asia’s Golden Icon Awards has given recognition to 203 awardees from Southeast Asia on June 2, 2023, each of them cited for outstanding contribution to various fields of endeavor. Leading the awardees were Dr. Rollin P. Tabuena, who was recognized as “Asia’s Most Distinguished Doctor in...
*AT THE CENTRAL CYCLE* Trail store in the historic district of Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand: Bikes, trails, and Christine White. “Biking is ‘huge’ in New Zealand,” so says Christine White, general manager of Central Cycle Trails in Clyde, one afternoon weeks ago as we talked while the...
In a busy street in Manila, an old man now known as a legend in fixing obsolete cameras, sits and continues to go on with a craft that has sent his three children to school, two of them now nurses, and the youngest waiting for the engineering board exam. *A SMALL hidden stall along Hidalgo street...
By Henrylito D. Tacio With the high cost of living these days, it pays not to depend only on your main job. Try to do something on the side. That is what Wilbert C. Galo, a 47-year-old aide of Ricky Inodioan, the vice mayor of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, does. “Even though I have a job at the...
A classroom to learn real-world skills for students with special needs – how to fix a bed, work at a sari-sari store, to cook, and to garden -- has been renovated to create a safe and comfortable environment by a group of women interior designers as their special project for graduation. The...
*FIRST RESPONDERS applying basic life support intervention. (Shutterstock)* Knowing how to intervene when someone is injured is valuable knowledge. It could mean saving a life. There’s a way to learn this through the Basic Life Support (BLS) training which is now offered not only to medical...
By Henrylito D. Tacio If there’s one fruit that commands attention, it’s the strawberry (*Fragaria ananassa*). Strawberries are one of the healthiest fruits around. It is a temperate crop, and so in a tropical country like the Philippines it is hard to come by. It is grown mostly in cooler...
*MOMS' VICTORY – The greatest achievement of Janette Salvador (left) and Marivic Capuz (right), both single mothers, was the graduation from college of their children. (Photos courtesy of Tricia Salvador and Antoinette Capuz)* Tears of joy are the landmarks of achievement in the lives of two...
By Henrylito D. Tacio “Many well-informed individuals see a future of water shortages, but few have connected the dots to see that a future of water shortages will also be a future of food shortages,” said Lester R. Brown, an American environmental analyst. He is the founder of Worldwatch...
By Henrylito D. Tacio Randy “DJRanz” Albores of Bansalan, Davao del Sur was destined to become a priest. In fact, he studied at St. Francis Xavier College Seminary in Davao City, where he finished Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Philosophy (cum laude). He then voluntarily took his regency to...
