God’s Kingdom of repentant sinners
THE SOLEMNITY of Christ the King, which ends the current liturgical year, presents us with the gospel reading about the thief who asked Christ...
The ice cream melted
ICE CREAM peddlers in Panay Island suffered with the New Year hangover victims. The heat resulting from the blackout melted the ice cream and...
A water department, anyone?
IT’S IN THE news that the House of Representatives has already passed their version of the proposed Department of Water Resources (DWR), and it...
Senate hearings, corporate social responsibility
THE NATIVES of “I Am Iloilo City” breathed a collective sigh of relief when MORE Electric and Power Corporation announced at 12:11 p.m. on...
A shift towards safer roads
IN A BOLD effort to bring order to their city streets, Muntinlupa has equipped its traffic enforcers with a new set of wheels. Mayor...
The pressing and the precious
IN LIFE, we have to learn how to give due attention and care to both the pressing things and the precious ones. In the...
Just trace the God-given roadmap to heaven
ONCE again, since we are approaching the end of the liturgical year, we are reminded of the end of time and the duty to...
Piracy and war in the Red Sea
THE RED SEA may soon be the focal point of another major war. Emphasis on may, because nobody’s quite sure how the players will...
More vigilance for water quality
I WAS ABLE to confirm that the Department of Health (DOH) does have a list of accredited laboratories all over the country that are...
2023 in Review: Sowing the seeds for a more progressive Philippines
LOOKING back at 2023, we could say that the Senate and Congress as a whole had a very productive year in terms of fulfilling...