The need for continuing formation
IT’S INTERESTING to note that despite the heavy and tight schedule Christ had during his public life, he always managed to find time to...
Getting back into the groove of writing
WHEN Bohol experienced tropical depression “Verbena” the night of November 24 (Monday) to early morning of November 25, 2025 (Tuesday) with its characteristic unceasing...
Not just any customer, 2
THE SMALLEST gestures go the furthest. A guard guiding a first-timer. A nurse explaining things in Hiligaynon. A young staffer saying, “Okay lang, I’ll...
China’s threats to invade Taiwan pose risks to PH, 1
ON NOV. 7, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told her country’s legislature that if China attacked Taiwan, it could be considered a “survival-threatening situation”...
Two Ilongga mayors
THE FEMALE species has entered the scene, taking over the roles once dominated by the “city dads” and transforming them into what one may...
AI cannot have cognition or self-awareness without consciousness, 3
NOTE THAT the brain’s motor cortex directs the contralateral muscles in our body because the UMN nerve impulse crosses to the other side at...
Iloilo’s firecracker protection gap
THIS HOLIDAY season as Iloilo City prepares for a month-long firecracker selling period, Ilonggos find themselves leaning on an enforcement system that is, at...
Human trafficking as modern day slavery
VICTIMS of trafficking face profound suffering that may last their lifetime, the incalculable injustice perpetrated by people who make a living out of deceiving unsuspecting...
Transparency behind closed doors
THE INDEPENDENT Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) was created with one promise above all: transparency. Its hearings are designed to be livestreamed, open to the...