Save agriculture through smarter farming
FOR GENERATIONS, rice has been the backbone of agriculture in Western Visayas. Vast rice fields have shaped the landscape, sustained rural communities, and fed...
Passionate to join the heavenly banquet
THIS IS the ideal condition for us. Our greatest and strongest passion should be to live our definitive eternal state of life with God...
The human premium
MY PHYSICAL therapist once asked me if artificial intelligence (AI) would take away his job.
I couldn’t give an expert opinion, but I argued...
Tedious, uphill, but…
ON FEBRUARY 26 and March 4, Task Force Kasanag (TFK) filed separate plunder complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against top officials and...
Beyond the toothbrush
THE IMAGE of dentistry as drills and discomfort is rapidly evolving.
Technology is reshaping oral health care, making procedures faster, more precise, and often less...
War, energy, and the future of jobs, 2
Asia: Production relocations tied to risk, cost, and energy dynamics
Asia has been at the heart of global manufacturing for decades. It has been valued...
Let’s develop purely solar-powered ferry boats, 1
NO, I AM not talking about electric vehicles (EVs) that rely on plugging into electric grids — grids that are, ironically, still mostly powered...
Protect WV farmers from the next agricultural disaster
EVERY time drought strikes Western Visayas, farmers are forced into a painful and familiar struggle — dwindling water supply, damaged crops, mounting debts, and...
Masterstroke or bulok?
RECENT developments surrounding the Vice President’s impeachment proceedings have laid bare a lesson as old as truth itself: whether the VP’s “masterstrokes” ended up...