The resilience trap
“FILIPINOS are resilient.” It is our favorite national line—spoken by officials, flashed on headlines, posted with hashtags every time disaster strikes. After Typhoon Tino...
Light in life
LIGHT is so important that God created it first. In His infinite wisdom, He knew that light was fundamental to life and that without...
Iloilo Medical Society’s Centennial Celebration Fashion Show
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.” — Leonardo da Vinci
ON OCTOBER 10, 2026, the Iloilo...
Producing doctors is not enough
WEST Visayas State University’s (WVSU) perfect passing rate in the October 2026 Physician Licensure Examination is compelling proof that government investment in education can...
Memoirs of ‘kundiman’
I GREW up in the 1970s and 1980s watching classic Philippine films on our family's black-and-white television set. Many of these movies featured traditional...
A good winner and a good loser
SINCE life is like a game, where we play hard to achieve something, we should not be surprised that there will be times when...
Why love is not enough to protect ownership
LAST Saturday, October 17, the Makati Sports Club was filled to capacity for a conversation that many family businesses postpone until it is almost...
Human weakness in digital banking
THE GREATEST threat to our bank accounts today may no longer be a sophisticated hacker breaking through computer security. It could be a convincing...