Save SK from ‘trapo’, 2
WE HAVE all heard the jokes because too often they were not jokes. The relative of the barangay captain runs. The cousin of the...
Water safety gap in Iloilo Province
ACCESS to safe drinking water is not a luxury. It is not a campaign promise to be recycled every election season. It is a...
Development/cultural workers…my ass!
OF COURSE, by “ass” here, we mean any of several hoofed mammals resembling and closely related to horses but with a smaller build and...
From police exams to pump prices: trust and relief for Filipinos
IT WAS a striking image yesterday: thousands of young men and women filing into exam halls across the country, clutching pens and prayer beads,...
Save SK from ‘trapo’, 1
THE EASIEST applause line in politics is often the most dangerous one. Say “abolish the SK,” and many exhausted citizens will nod before the...
Training our mind and heart to be properly focused
THIS IS what we can gather as a lesson from that gospel episode about the two sisters, Martha and Mary, in their relation with...
Iloilo turning fuel pain into policy gains
CRISES have a way of exposing weaknesses — but they also reveal who is willing to act.
The ongoing fuel price and supply fluctuations, driven...
Charity amid our growing differences and conflicts
CONSIDERING the rapidly growing differences and conflicts among ourselves not only in terms of age and generation, but also and especially in terms of...