Essence than presence
EVERY morning, when a person rises, this choice awaits: How will I live my life today?
You can rise to make a PRESENCE — that...
Our mission at home and in the world
WE HAVE to realize that we all have a mission in this life. It’s a common mission to seek personal sanctity that always goes...
Laws we live by
THERE is a quiet comfort in finally having a name for something you have long felt but could not quite explain. The moment you...
Pope Leo XIV gives stern warning to bishops on clerical child abuse, 1
THE CHALLENGE for all Filipinos — and people everywhere, really — is to take a principled and moral stand and act without fear to...
Agricultural dominance is not enough
ILOILO Province has every reason to celebrate its remarkable agricultural performance. Its production figures are impressive.
But if Iloilo is Western Visayas’ agricultural powerhouse, why...
Sporting spirit in the spiritual life
IF THERE’S one aspect in our life that most needs a sporting spirit, I would say it should be in our spiritual life, in...
Trump Accounts: Preview of universal equity
LAST WEEK, United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on his X account, that: “Millions of children have already enrolled in Trump Accounts. With...
Bacolod’s ‘lone wolf’ is peeling an onion
BACOLOD City Council’s “lone wolf” is on a new mission.
Independent Councilor Wilson “Jun” Gamboa Jr. wants to scrutinize the multibillion-peso loans obtained by the...
Is it time to build a people’s seed bank?, 2
What a Philippine People’s Seed Bank Could Look Like
If I were to sketch a blueprint:
* Community-owned, cooperative-managed — barangay, municipal, or provincial seed banks...