Breaking the silence of sickness
DON’T kid me, almost everyone, if not everyone, is afraid of a disease that leads to death. What occupies everyone’s thoughts is whether we...
Recycling is a myth: The overlooked perspective
(By Rae Dawn Balagot Maestrado)
CAN YOU still recite your 3Rs? For most Filipino Gen Zs, the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) were first taught...
Why communication is crucial to innovative police work
THERE IS such a unique kind of fulfillment that comes from aligning your professional expertise with a personal passion. For me, one such passion...
In the gentle shade of the Acacias: Goodbye, Imee
I REMEMBER 1973. I was in second grade, enrolled at a private school in the city of Tagbilaran, when our parents moved us from...
Woven into the web: Crafting Tagbilaran City’s new Eco-Code
EARLY this week, I joined the two-day writeshop organized by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Tagbilaran City to help craft the city’s Environmental Management...
Who answers your call at 3 a.m.?
I HAVE been thinking a lot about friendships lately. In fact, I am currently revisiting the friendships I have developed and nurtured since childhood...
Who’s paying for “Bato’s” blockbuster shield?
IT REALLY is a power position when one becomes a senator of this republic. Just look at the drama unfolding in the senate since...
The Big Six-Zero: Trading power towers for priority lanes
YESTERDAY, I finally decided to proceed to the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in Tagbilaran City, served by my suki tri-cab, holding a brown envelope that...
Reality check: How’s life for the middle class?
I READ a Meta post by a professional acquaintance some two weeks back, and I was jolted by the reality of what she said....
The courage to be human: Goodbye Father Khing Vaño
I SPENT two days at the wake of Fr. Roque “Khing” Pineda Vaño at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary (IHMS) chapel in the...