Vaping: the hidden risks
VAPING is the use of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes.
In recent year, it has become increasingly popular, especially among young adults and teenagers.
Many perceive...
Restitution makes sense, 2
IF A CHILD breaks a neighbor’s plant and shows up the next day with a replacement, sincerity is clear. If a coworker returns borrowed...
What Iloilo can learn from cities that rescued their rivers
ILOILO City’s decision to declare a three-month fishing moratorium in the Iloilo River is rooted in science and driven by good intentions. Giving bulgan...
We are laborers of God’s harvest
“THE HARVEST is abundant but the laborers are few; so, ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” (Mt...
Time to recalibrate disease control agencies
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently spoke about “recalibrating” the government by reshuffling some officials and removing others.
That’s a welcome move. A good manager...
Restitution makes sense, 1
THERE ARE hearings you watch for noise, and hearings you watch because something in you whispers, “This one matters.” The most recent Senate...
The fat of the land
IN THE United States, a Trump administration initiative has been issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that will affect me directly, the “obesity...
Creation needs protection, love, justice and peace, 1
THE PHILIPPINES has been battered by devastating storms in recent weeks. We endure around 20 powerful typhoons a year, and occasionally experience earthquakes and...
AI cannot have cognition or self-awareness without consciousness, 1
SOCIAL and mass media, and films have often featured self-aware artificial Intelligence (AI), for good or for bad.
The simplest definition of consciousness is...