Cybercrime and BSP

BY NEIL HONEYMAN January 23, 2018 THIS is largely in response to a disappointingly defeatist view expressed earlier this month by Nestor Espenilla, Governor, Bangko Sentral...

Too precious to be wasted

EDITORIAL January 22, 2018 TO ENSURE that the funds allocated for the government’s free college tuition program won’t be wasted on malingerers and recidivist absentees or...

Modern slavery

BY IKE SEÑERES January 22, 2018 BASED on available references, “compelled labor” appears to be the most definition of modern slavery, as we know it today. “Human...

Potentials of science tourism

BY JULIO P. YAP JR. January 22, 2018 A TOURISM branding project for students, budding scientists, or even armchair geniuses is currently in the works in...

‘Black Friday’

BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR. January 22, 2018 When Black Friday comes I stand down by the door And catch the grey men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor When...

Pasahero

BY RUNJI R. JAMOLO January 22, 2018 “MANANG, naggamay ang jeep!” Sa akon lang, “Ano nagkupos ang jeep?” Nabatian ko ini nga pahayag sang babaye samtang nagabantay ako...

Love in the time of Bacunaua

BY PETER SOLIS NERY January 22, 2018 XLV. FUNKY SALUTE People describe sorrow as a pain in their heart. They do not point to the head, or...

Unceasing patience

EDITORIAL January 21, 2018 WE PIN our hopes on the reported possible phone conversation – yes, even just a phone call – between President Duterte and...

Animism enmeshed in Ati-Atihan and Dinagyang

BY HERBERT VEGO January 21, 2018 TODAY, all roads lead to Kalibo, Aklan for the Ati-Atihan Festival. Ati-atihan literally means “to be like Ati,” referring to...

We are only caretakers

EDITORIAL January 20, 2018 ACCORDING to the Department of Agriculture, about 45 percent of arable land in the Philippines has been moderately to severely eroded, which...