Casinos now invade Boracay
IT WAS in our column of Dec. 19, 2017 when we first reported about Leisure and Resorts World Corporation (LRWC) having talks with Galaxy...
Social security
THE Philippines is cruel.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the world of work.
Some employers withhold “compulsory” SSS (Social Security System) contributions at the...
The Adventures of Peter Valentine, Part 4
ARE the Greeks really the best lovers (read: most wonderful partners in bed, or on the kitchen table, or on the floor) in the...
A farm school for raising native pigs
IN AN effort to help preserve and further develop the native pig breeds in the country, a farm school for raising native pigs has...
Ill-gotten wealth
MOVES to rehabilitate the Marcoses took another giant leap forward with the approval on second reading House Bill 7376. Under the guise of “strengthening”...
‘Sex in the city’
ANG TUMITIRA sa akin ay well-oiled infrastructure…says Vice President Leni Robredo in a television talk show interview hosted by Daniel Razon. Of course moi...
Pagpakabalaan
PASULOD na kita sa Semana sang Pagkabalaan. Panahon sa pagpamalandong.
Masadya kita kay tatlo ka adlaw lang ang aton trabaho. Laban-laban gani basi taguri lang...
Going beyond Earth Hour
DID YOU join last night’s Earth Hour? We hope you did. The annual activity is a reminder to all of us to help protect...
True friends are concerned friends
JEFFRY, my inquisitive nephew, asked me, “Uncle, how should I know who among my friends are true friends?”
I initially thought of quoting quotable quotes...
Withdrawing from Western values
THE UNITED Nations (UN) recently received the official notification on the Philippines’ decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move...