OPINION

The most fundamental question is what happens if the “emperor” dies? It’s a grim and stark reminder that death can happen anytime and to anybody especially in this tumultuous time where hundreds of business owners have already died. A future death of a business owner and its myriad of consequences is something that needs to …

We know, of course, that with our wounded, sinful human condition at present, our spirit is not yet totally that of the spirit of God. In fact, it may somehow be dominated by the spirit of the flesh, of the world, if not, God forbid, of the devil itself. We should be experts in discerning …

In recent years, novel applications have emerged—some even with life-saving potential. For instance, a Japanese firm called Brain found a novel way to tap AI to identify pastries for the convenience of bakeries across Japan. Imagine this. On your next grocery trip (wearing a face mask of course), you pick up an item listed on …

” I think pageant girls just have a way of faking it until you make it, almost.” — Hannah Brown What transpired in Florida, USA on May 16 was a “Miss Latinaverse” and not a Miss Universe competition, many people who followed the event have suspected. We were all taken for a ride?  Even the …

The environmental experts have been right about their predictions at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The dawn of biological and chemical terrorism is now slowly taking place. Natural disasters happen at the extreme of the consequence we never would have imagined.  As the global attention today focused on the raging pandemic, the looming danger …

Empathy glues us together as a people, enabling us to enter into one another’s lives as we are supposed to do, building up our sense of unity and solidarity despite the variety of our conditions and situations. And so anything that undermines it undermines us as a people, as a society, as a family. If …

We must take 2022 local and national elections seriously. We have been through a lot of uncertainties. Time and again we must remember that our vote will determine the future of this country/our province and our city. “Quo vadis” is a Latin phrase which means “where are you marching?” and is also commonly translated as …

If we have to be practical in this life, exerting effort to attend and resolve all our issues and challenges, not to mention, to be truly being faithful and consistent to the living Christ who continues to be with us in the Holy Spirit, then we need to be tough, creative and flexible, and willing …

The Duterte administration has taken a lot of hit for its handling (or mishandling) of the COVID-19 pandemic. But to be fair, this pandemic is something which no government anticipated and prepared for. There has been no previous reliable playbook which government could consult. Thus for most governments, it was “learn as you go” and …

We are and should be interested in progress, growth and development in all aspects of our life that in the end should lead us to our final and eternal common good who is God. Thus, everything should be done to achieve this goal. In any social environment where we always find ourselves, be it the …