ARE YOU A WITCH? T.H Matteson’s Examination of a Witch depicts a woman accused of witchcraft being shamelessly stripped and searched for marks of the devil during a witch trial In the early days of colonial Massachusetts, the small town of Salem found itself falling under the dangers of religious...
REFLECTIONS TODAY First Reading • 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19 Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was. The Lord called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called me.” “I did not call you,” Eli said. “Go back to...
PEACE-MAKER Our wife Gina and we visited former President Joseph Estrada in his home several days ago. As some may know, then Vice President Erap Estrada and we ran against each other and eight other candidates during the 1998 presidential elections. We came out second to him in a highly...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Writing about Philippine tourism over my last two columns, some readers reached out to me and remarked that perhaps I was too critical of what seems to be our game plan, of pointing out our deficiencies when compared to our ASEAN neighbors. To those...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has underscored the need for the creation of a Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control following the declaration of a gastroenteritis outbreak in Baguio City. Gatchalian is a co-author of the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)...
The Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced the nominees for the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which will be held on Feb. 10 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood. The awards will honor excellence in production design in theatrical motion pictures, television,...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS “And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” — Eliot And that is exactly where I start this piece from. The holiday frenzy and pandemonium very much took me over the last week of December, explaining my absence from this place last week....
Former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Jonathan Tan is now an undersecretary at the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). MOVING — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. administers the oath of office of Jonathan Tan as a new undersecretary at the...
President Marcos is confident that his new special assistant for investment and economic affairs, Frederick Go, would make a difference to the country's economic landscape. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Frederick...
The Bankers Association of the Philippines welcomed the appointment of Rep. Ralph Recto as Secretary of the Department of Finance while thanking former Finance chief Benjamin Diokno for his years of government service. In a statement, BAP said “Secretary Recto is equipped with the necessary...
Former senator and current House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto is “unquestionably” the perfect choice as the new Department of Finance (DOF) secretary and a welcome addition to the Marcos administration’s economic team. “As the Marcos administration works towards reviving our economy...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said tougher penalties should be imposed against industry players who would be found guilty of mismanaging their power services that eventually affect day-to-day businesses and hurt the economy. Gatchalian pointed out that the maximum penalty of P50-million...
