Why presence still matters — and always will, 1
THERE was something disarming about the way Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA) National President Christopher P. Hernandez opened his talk at the PGCA-Iloilo...
Markets as more than markets
FOR AS FAR back as we can remember, public markets have always been treated as purely utilitarian spaces — places to buy fish, vegetables,...
A way to look into bank accounts?
A DETAINEE at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, has come out with a sworn statement claiming that he is a founding member of the...
Know the rules; master the exceptions
OR CREATE the exceptions, for not everything can be confined within the rules. Approach problem-solving with ingenuity, for life does not provide a manual...
A Christmas reflection for founders and family business leaders
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
CHRISTMAS arrives quietly, yet insistently.
Across Asia,...
Is Iloilo ready for its own growth?
ILOILO City likes to brand itself as a destination — dynamic, livable, business-friendly. And to be fair, the city has earned much of that...
A 57-year-old irritant… revisited
EXACTLY 57 years and four days ago, Jose Maria Sison, also known as Joma Sison, founded the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)—a far-left,...
₱6.794 trillion and counting: Will the budget finally reach the barangay?
THE 2026 national budget—set for ratification on December 29—is the biggest in our history: ₱6.794 trillion. That’s ₱18.6 billion every single day, or ₱775...