Are we ready for wetlands renaturalization?, 1

JUST WHEN I was getting comfortable with the term “rewilding”, here comes another — “denaturalization”. Both feel new in our conversation, but they are...

Oral health linked to Alzheimer‘s

GUM DISEASE may cause Alzheimer’s. Now this is intriguing because we have always thought that it had something with an ageing brain. And perhaps genetics. In...

Reduplicatives in real life

THEY SLIP into our speech like old jokes or fresh tsismis. You hear them everywhere — kids on swings, sari-sari store chika, even in...
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‘Sweat equity’: Building homes, building responsibility

THE HOUSING problem has been viewed largely through one lens: government must provide houses while beneficiaries simply wait for the keys. Iloilo City’s decision...

‘Na, naman!?’

HERE we are again. Power shortages, electricity rate hikes, and brownouts. These are the three prevailing realities across the Visayas today. They are no longer isolated incidents...

Echoes of wisdom, 1

EVERY generation has its own story to tell about money. Ask our grandparents, and they’ll tell you to save every peso because life has taught...

Posible pa matabo sa impeachment trial vs VP Sara

SA NAGAPADAYON nga Senate Impeachment Trial vs VP Sara Duterte, kita nga ordinaryo nga mga pumuluyo, labi na ang indi abogado, ang pwede...

Break the cycle of predictable disease outbreaks

EVERY rainy season, Western Visayas braces not only for floods but also for a familiar consequence: disease outbreaks. The latest warning from the Department...