Barangay politics in the good old days
WITH only hours to go before tomorrow’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, we are bothered by reports indicating violent altercations among opposing candidates and their supporters. It...
A legacy from an inspirational author
Stephen R. Covey – famous American educator, businessman and book author – has been dead for six years, but his name still rings a...
Jerry-Joe ‘split’ not meant to be
TOO bad to be true! Foolish! That’s how common relatives (their wives being sisters), friends and supporters of Rep. Jerry P. Treñas and Mayor...
Character education starts at home
DURING a visit at the house of my niece Honeychile yesterday, I got hugs and kisses from her two kid daughters. It was not...
No stopping Tribu Panayanon from wowing New Yorkers
THE Iloilo Dinagyang Festival lagged behind two frontrunners in the street dance competition of Aliwan Fiesta in Manila, but there’s no stopping its Tribu...
No time for retirement
THROUGH Facebook, an opportunity to re-discover – and exchange messages with – old friend Bing (from the 1970s) presented itself the other day. Eusebio...
We are the third largest ‘Englishmen’
THE SIZE of the Philippines on the map pales in comparison to the United States and the United Kingdom. But the world recognizes our...
Labor blues on Labor Day
TODAY is a sad day for employers and employees who are leaving Boracay Island, headed to a state of depression. How would they cope...
The urgent need to amend the Cheaper Med Law
IT HAS been 10 years since the Cheaper Medicines Act (Republic Act 9502) was passed into law in 2008. Has it lived up to...
‘The road less travelled’
AS GRADUATION speaker before the 646 senior high school graduates (first batch) of the Central Philippine University, Dr. Earl Jude Paul L. Cleope –...