More than the hood
HE DID NOT stand on stage. He sat—smiling, grounded, and real. And from his wheelchair, Atty. Julius Palomar Alegrado, CESE, Deputy Director (Director III)...
Learn to find joy and glory in suffering
THE SECRET, of course, of how to find joy and glory in suffering is to suffer and die with Christ, that is, having the...
Iloilo’s ‘angkas’ economy
THEY WORK silently on two wheels — rain or shine, rush hour or graveyard shift — helping commuters get to work, school, or home....
The bright side of MORE
I’M SURE the initiated would immediately notice the subtle reference of this column’s title to the title of that groundbreaking album “The Dark Side...
Architecture that speaks: A win for the Filipino soul
WHEN THE skyline of Dubai was still a mirage on the horizon, a young Filipino urban planner stepped onto the desert sands with a...
Some ideas about poverty reduction
FOR YEARS, the government has relied on the Poverty Threshold Basket (PTB) method to measure poverty in the Philippines. This so-called “imaginary basket of...
How to receive Christ’s inheritance
“UNLESS I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.” (Jn 13, 8) These are words Christ told Peter at the Last Supper...
The young heroes who help save the Philippines, 2
ABOUT 265 years ago in England, a few people — out of a world population of 1 billion then — began the Industrial Revolution...
No read, repeat!, 2
Some argue that retaining children for not reading might stigmatize them or harm their self-esteem. That is a valid concern. But is it truly...