The right to disconnect
A LIFE WITHOUT CELL PHONE?
I remember the time when one of my first Japanese friends kept on complaining, why I didn’t operate a...
The Competence Test: Why not every sibling — or cousin — should lead
IN MY recent columns, I addressed a growing but often unspoken reality in family enterprises: the hard truth that not every sibling — or...
Teaching without losing yourself, 1
SOME MORNINGS, the weight starts even before the first “Good morning, class.” It begins in a jeep that barely moves, in shoes that never...
A Tooth Fairy’s dream
IN THE quiet halls of Kyoto University, a revolution in dental medicine has been quietly taking shape.
Toregem Biopharma — a Japanese biotech startup...
Training ourselves to have Christ’s compassionate heart
THIS SHOULD be one goal we should try our best to pursue and train ourselves for. Given the human condition we have in this...
Strengthening Iloilo’s business climate from the ground up
ECONOMIC transformation does not always begin with billion-peso investments or towering skylines. Sometimes, it begins with a sari-sari store in a barangay corner, a...
Talking more about MORE
IT WAS indeed a lovely month as Iloilo City’s sole power distribution utility, MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power), shared some welcome news...
Justice beyond borders: Why the ICC hearings matter to every Filipino
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court’s (ICC) hearings on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs have once again thrust the Philippines into the global spotlight. At...
The suffering of abused children and the injustice they face, 2
THE FIRST is Angie (not her real name), 13, from Santa Cruz, Zambales. When she went to the Ospital ng Santa Cruz in December...