COMMENTARY: Impunity or justice?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Bulatlat perspective
IT IS ironic that retired Army general Jovito Palparan, who is called “The Butcher” by human rights groups for the trail...
PEOPLE POWWOW: Greed pulling Binay down? Or up?
By HERBERT VEGO
IF it’s really true that Vice President Jejomar Binay – while still mayor of Makati City – squandered P2.7 billion of government...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: The Science of Prayer
BY ROMMEL YNION
PEOPLE often wonder why they don’t get answers to their prayers no matter how much they prayed to God. And, frustrated, they...
BRIDGES: The dialysis nurse and the patient
BY SAMMY JULIAN
NURSES are very special kind of people. If there are men and women exposed to human suffering in the duration of their required working...
RURAL UPDATE: The provincial evacuation center
BY JOHNNY NOVERA
WE read of the groundbreaking ceremony held recently in Barangay Tagbac Sur in Oton, Iloilo for the proposed site of a provincial evacuation center with a P10-million budget from the...
FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY: Human development contests
BY IKE SEÑERES
THE Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic devised by Pakistani economist Mahbub-ul Haq that was further improved by an international team...
PEOPLE POWWOW: ‘She-man’ on a cruise ship
BY HERBERT L. VEGO
ANY ordinary person lucky enough to qualify for a job on a cruise ship becomes “extraordinary.” He sails around the world...
WORM’S EYE VIEW: The Hand of God
BY ROMMEL YNION
IF we examine our history, we can discern how God worked in mysterious ways, knocking hard on the doors of our mind...
ACCENTS: A brighter day for little Chonalyn
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
JULY 27, 2014 was a day teetering between bright and bleak — the day when Philippine officials welcomed the birth of our...
ADVOCACY MINDANAO: I got ‘burned’
BY JESS DUREZA
I HAVE a complaint to make.
When Secretary Mar Roxas made public his own intention of extending PNoy’s term, Malacañang appeared to be...