Bad news on coal won’t keep Caluya down 

BY HERBERT VEGO CALUYA, Antique is the municipality to which Semirara Island belongs. And Semirara is where Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) mines coal. How...

Cryptocurrencies

BY JED JALECO DEL ROSARIO ACCORDING to Statista.com, there were around 15 million blockchain wallet users during the third quarter of 2017. That’s about the...

Knowledge-based economy, Part 3

BY IKE SEÑERES THE SO-CALLED Internet of Things (IOT) is actually a relative term, being relative to the supposed term Internet of People (IOP). The legal fiction here...

An engaged youth

“THE YOUTH” is the hope of our future.”  This is one of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal’s most famous quotes. If Rizal were part of...

The year in collecting stories

BY RHICK LARS VLADIMERALBAY   ONE OF my favorite writers Arundhati Roy – the powerhouse behind “The God of Small Things” – offers this wisdom about...

Keeping your New Year’s Resolutions

BY JESSICA SEGOVIA-YAP, MD THE YEAR is almost over and we are all excited to welcome the new one. And with the excitement it has...

Ngaa kinahanglan gid magpalupok?

BY JOEL FRANCO GINASILING nga ang tradisyon sang pagpalupok sang firecrackers kag pagsindi sang mga fireworks napanubli naton sa mga Intsik, sa pagpati nga dapat...

Love in the time of Bacunaua

BY PETER SOLIS NERY XXXVI. CEMETERY Why do we have heroes? Because heroes are part of what is most noble in the human heart. We all...

We met Christian leaders in Beijing

BY JUN VELASCO WE WERE befuddled by a PDI news story published on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) with head “In China’s Jerusalem,’ Christian faith trumps...

Potentials of fish and fishery products

BY JULIO P. YAP JR. THE country has high export potentials for our fish and fishery products – making the Philippines a key player in...