Purging the party-list system

IT’S QUITE uncanny that someone convicted of child abuse, as in the case of ACT party-list’s Rep. France Castro, has the temerity to strut...

A new chapter of growth and innovation

IN AN impressive move that underscores its strategic vision and financial acumen, Ayala Corporation successfully raised P15 billion from the listing of Class B...

Fully equipped barangay health centers

DEAR Mr. President: If you go to your nearest Barangay Health Center (BHC), you will be lucky to find one that is fully equipped, meaning...

When God pulls a surprise on us

THAT gospel episode of Christ walking on the water should remind us that God can intervene in our life in some mysterious and extraordinary...

Looking beyond Asia

I HAVE written several articles on the importance of creating alliances as a means of safeguarding our relative sovereignty, and have emphasized the importance...

Local databases of senior citizens

DEAR Mr. President: If I may ask, how can the barangay councils effectively provide services to their senior residents if they do not know who...

Why do we have to lose to win?

BY FR. ROY CIMAGALA WHY? Because Christ said so. “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me....

Why the proposed Sewerage Treatment Plant in Taloto, Tagbilaran City provokes fear among barangay...

BY BELINDA SALES I PARTICIPATED in two public hearings called by Barangay Chairperson Francis Eugene Zamora of Taloto, Tagbilaran City over the planned Sewerage Treatment...

We ought to die in order to live?

WE HAVE to be ready to understand as quickly as possible some of the incredible teachings of Christ. One of them is that we...

Hakus sa modernisasyon

BY ROBERTO ‘BERT’ LADERA NAGALIPAS ang panahon kag madamo sang mga pagbag-o nga ginapangatubang sa aton komunidad. Kinahanglan nga tun-an, indi pagbatuan, paayunan, kag amat-amat...