Let’s enter into the wisdom of the cross
THE GOSPEL reading of the Mass on Tuesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time (Mk 9, 30-37) reminds us that true wisdom, given...
Monitoring and controlling microplastics
SEVERAL government agencies in the Philippines are involved in monitoring and controlling the problem of microplastics. While each agency fulfills its respective mandate, there...
Piss poor effort
THE LATEST executive order of United States President Donald Trump creates the Gold Card Visa at the reduced price $1 million, originally priced at...
Putting science at the center of Iloilo City’s urban planning
WHEN the rains pour and the streets of Iloilo City flood, the city’s collective frustration is often directed at clogged canals, poorly designed drainage,...
What about the West Philippine Sea?
INDEED, what about it? The country is already drowning in problems: questionable insertions in the national budget that lead to ghost and substandard projects,...
‘Clean the house’: We need accountability, not just a new speaker
LAST Wednesday, Speaker Martin Romualdez resigned amid allegations of ghost projects and flood control scams. He gave up the gavel—but not power. He remains...
Trillion-Peso March
SEPTEMBER 21 is no ordinary date. It marks 53 years since Martial Law was declared, when silence was enforced and fear was law.
Now,...
The genocide in Gaza is driven by deception, 2
IT WOULD appear that United States President Donald Trump’s invitation to Hamas leaders to meet and discuss his latest ceasefire proposal in Doha, Qatar...
Christ gives his mother to be our mother too
IN THE GOSPEL reading of the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, (Jn 19, 25-34) we see how Christ entrusts...