The Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) is a welcome development. It envisions a restructured, modern, well-managed and environmentally sustainable transport sector aimed at providing drivers and operators with stable, sufficient, and dignified livelihoods, thus enabling commuters...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL How do I begin the year right? What resolutions should I make? A friend from college asked me this question at a Christmas gathering. The question made me recall a piece of advice I shared with our readers several years ago in this column. I recall that my wife used to ask me a...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The Gospel reading tells the resurrection story involving Peter and the “disciple whom Jesus loved.” He “outruns” Peter not only in running to the tomb but also in believing that Jesus is alive. His intimacy with Jesus makes him receptive to the signs in the empty tomb....
The Bureau of the Treasury reported that state-run companies' financial independence strengthened in October this year, as the national government's subsidy to these corporations decreased. Based on the Treasury bureau’s report, the total subsidies granted to government owned and controlled...
Senators on Monday, December 25 expressed their wish for good health, unity and compassion for Filipinos, both in the country and abroad, this holiday season. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri noted how the country is able to achieve so much in 2023 because of unity. ...
This week’s hefty oil price hikes would be ‘the Grinch” snatching Christmas merriment from the Filipino consumers, with the oil companies announcing P1.60 per liter increase for gasoline and P1.70 per liter hike for diesel products. Further, the price of kerosene - an essential base for...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Lk 2:1-14 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of...
FROM THE MARGINS Every Christmas, J.R.R. Tolkien’s children would receive a letter from “Father Christmas.” Each letter came in an envelope with North Pole stamps and postage marks designed by Tolkien. He sent these letters for over 20 years, starting in 1920, when his oldest son was only...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Lk 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was...
By SENATOR MUSHAHID HUSSAIN (The author is co-chairman of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, which former Speaker Jose de Venecia founded and launched in Manila in 2000 and which now represents 352 political parties from 52 countries in Asia. He also co-founded with JDV the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Through our annual Manila Bulletin Sustainability Forum, we’ve been pushing for the recognition that Sustainability is not just about the environment, but also about initiatives that have a social and governance impact - how the 17 UN...
Former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson expressed support for the Philippine National Police's (PNP) lack of recommendation for a ceasefire agreement with the Communist Party of the Philippines (AFP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA). "I support the PNP on this. The CPP/NPA is...
