Have a sweet, merry Christmas

BY RHICK LARS VLADIMER ALBAY IF YOU HAVE family or relatives working abroad, it is a guarantee that you’ll be knee-deep in pasalubong and balikbayan chocolate and...

Squandering our demographic sweet spot

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA THE PHILIPPINES improved its rankings for the World Talent Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development (IMD) — rising...

Understanding aneurysm

BY JESSICA SEGOVIA-YAP, MD ANEURYSM has gained a lot of attention lately after the demise of a popular celebrity because of it. This also led...

Liability

BY AYIN DREAM D. APLASCA IT’S THAT TIME of the year again when almost all people around the world are joyous, when people expect gifts...

‘Real’ birthday of Jesus unveiled

BY JUN VELASCO FOR GOOD or ill,  we sought an authority, an intellectual, a researcher, Bible scholar and a leader of the Free Masons, Bro....

‘Belen’

BY OSCAR CRUZ SO IT WAS that the Baby Jesus was born in but a manger. So it is that no manger of any kind is...

Dangerous toys

Ni Ime Sornito A “CHRISTMAS gift to Filipino children of the present and future generations.” This is how EcoWaste Coalition, a non-profit chemical safety watch...

‘Left Alone’ redux

BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR. I WROTE this column about a year ago; it was to express an emotional situation I was into at that time....

Love in the time of Bacunaua

BY PETER SOLIS NERY XXXIV. Shooting star They wished on the same star. He knew what she wished for. Could she have guessed his? * What could I...

Exploring viruses vs. major vegetable disease

JULIO P. YAP JR. THERE is now an innovative project which will explore the potential of bacteriophages as biopesticides for soft rot – a major...