The unchristian etymology of Easter
IT’S CERTAINLY not flattering to the Christian world that the word Easter traces back its history to the pagan festival honoring Ishtar – the...
The controversial Holy Week
TODAY is Palm Sunday. It commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem atop a donkey as crowds greet him with palm branches, shouting “Hosanna!”
It’s a...
I like steak but…
HEART diseases are among the biggest claimants of lives anywhere in the world. The hardest hit are the rich who can splurge on the...
Overspending is never fun
DURING a restaurant dinner with a friend, I noticed him looking at his right palm. I wondered why, knowing he is no believer in...
Looking back to the ‘beginning’
HAS it been 38 long years already?
That question reminds me of the cliché, “Time flies.”
But there’s another saying that says the contrary, “Time stays;...
A millionaire is no longer rich
THERE was a time when millionaires honestly thought they would outlive their wealth, but that is no longer true today when everybody can earn...
‘Hospiphobia’ should be in the dictionary
IF I WERE to coin a word, I would coin “hospiphobia” to define fear of hospitalization. The sick go to the hospital to recover...
What more does PECO want?
LET us momentarily take the side of Panay Electric Co. (PECO) crying “foul” over the impending implementation of the law (Republic Act 11212) granting...
Reading the agnostics between the lines
THE AGNOSTIC stands between the theist and the atheist. He believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not.
I have...
Mabilog would have quit politics
IF FORMER mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog had not flown out of Iloilo City to escape the wrath of his “tormentor” in 2017, would he...