Those were the days…

“THOSE Were the Days” is a nostalgic ballad about looking back on youth, lost idealism, and the passage of time. The lyrics contrast the...

Did you know? Dentistry inspired the ball pen

THE BALLPOINT pen — an everyday tool found in pockets, offices, and classrooms worldwide—owes its existence to a surprising origin story. It is often linked,...

Silence is also political

THERE IS a different kind of silence settling across many campuses lately. Not the calm silence before classes start. Not the sleepy quiet of...
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Inter-agency cooperation: The missing ingredient in many crises

ONE OF the most striking lessons from Iloilo’s ongoing Inter-Agency Territorial Defense Operations Exercise (Pag-ugyon 2026) is also one of the simplest: no single...

‘Omnishambles’

THE REPORTED re-infestation of the Red-Striped Soft Scale Insect (RSSI) in Negros Occidental, which has once again damaged more than 2,000 hectares of sugarcane...

Think about it, 3

NUMBER six, the law of the useful enemy. Most people want a life of peace. They want everyone to like them. They avoid conflict...

Padayon nga pagpaantos sa pumuluyo sang palpak nga flood control projects

YARI naman sa aton ang panahon sang Habagat (southwest monsoon) sa bulan sang Hunyo tubtub Agosto, nga sa kinaandan nagadala sang maulanon nga panahon....

True love generates endless generosity

THIS is what we can draw from that parable about a nobleman who had to make a journey to obtain his kingship and called...

Truth on trial

“THE TRUTH will set us free,” so the Scripture promises. And today, truth is on trial in the Philippines. The bottom line is whether...