The politics of recycling

I AM told that one of our local billionaires is earning more millions by simply collecting the recyclables from their numerous shopping malls all...

Breaking barriers and making history

AS WE celebrate National Women’s Month, we look back to the accomplishments of Filipinas and the issues that are relevant to them as part...

The Beatitudes as path to holiness

IT’S AMAZING that Christ would consider as blessed those conditions when we appear to be the receiving end of all the injustices and unfairness...

The growing organic food movement

I DO  NOT know how they are doing it in the United States, but over there, it is the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Learn to look for Christ always

WE have to train ourselves to look for Christ always, beginning in the little ordinary things of our daily routine. By so doing, we...

Tourists voice concerns over airport transport service

ILOILO City has emerged as a proud destination for gastronomy and heritage tours. Similarly, Iloilo province takes pride in its ancient churches scattered across...

And yet again, Bohol

THE PAST two weeks in Bohol, social media, traditional media, local leaders, and kibitzers went crazy, even ballistic, over a resort that situated itself...

Let’s revive our mangrove forests

WHILE there are many reasons why we should revive our mangrove forests, there is only one reason why we are not doing it, and...

Are power companies ignoring the laws?

TO MY SURPRISE, I received a formal reply from the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to my column about requiring power companies to...

Let’s follow the example of St. Paul

JANUARY 25 is the Feast of that dramatic conversion of St. Paul. It’s a feast that reminds us that Christ can choose anybody to...