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Commentary

Just tell me the truth

TWITTER has suggested fact-checking two of US President Donald Trump’s tweets and it makes the headlines of most papers. Now President Trump is issuing an...

Instruments of God’s love

By BR. RITCHE T. SALGADO, O.Carm. I WAS ASKED to bless a mother who recently died. When I arrived at the funeral parlor, I was...

Moving too fast?

OPERATION “Warp Speed” as announced by President Trump in relation to vaccine development sounds great but it's wrong. Warp speed is not possible despite what...

‘Build a better world, more humane, just and compassionate’, 1

By BISHOP REUEL MARIGZA ON BEHALF of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, I greet you, “Happy Easter!” Christ our Lord is risen! During the...

Zooming into the future

WHEN my mum went on a holiday in the 1950s to Ireland from Australia, there were pre-arranged phone calls home. The calls were at an...

A tale of two countries

BY JHIO JAN NAVARRO           WITH death rate as criterion, perhaps Germany has the most efficient and effective crisis response to the coronavirus pandemic. With...

Right but wrong

THERE have been a number of articles about how COVID-19 has spread so far and one of the possible causes are the millennials who are still...

Plight of academic, non-academic personnel in private schools

BY ALLIANCE OF CONCERNED TEACHERS AS THE cases of transmission and fatality caused by the contagion of COVID-19 grow in numbers, the government faces multitudes of criticism...

A wet dream comes true

BY JHIO JAN NAVARRO  AMID the aggravating COVID-19 crisis, the Philippine Senate granted the Chief Executive “Authorized Powers” through Senate Bill No. 1413, otherwise known...

Don’t stop the presses

IT IS NOT unusual to read of attacks on newspapers, both physical and by governments as the freedom of the press is under regular attack although...