OPINION

The heart of Philippine culture is the family, and children are often the most cherished and protected. Hence, when a child is born with a congenital health condition, or suddenly develops a serious disease, it is an extremely difficult situation for parents and relatives. It is even more tragic when the family does not have …

Someone sent me an article that was proposing for the abolition of the priesthood. The reason behind are the many clerical scandals that have been plaguing the Church for years now, mostly in the US and other countries but also—at least a few cases—in the local scene.  Of course, my immediate reaction was that while …

“I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.” – Venus Williams There is a strong possibility that Iloilo City will be the first outside Metro Manila to vaccinate its 500,000 residents if the proposed purchase of P200 million worth of vaccines from the AztraZeneca Pharmaceuticals will materialize soon as disclosed recently by Mayor Geronimo …

Take note of this: $37 million. That’s what a new dentistry startup has raised to make a visit to the dental clinic fun.  Fun means choosing the Netflix movies to watch and the scent that permeates the atmosphere while the patient is in the dental chair. Or choosing what flavor of toothpaste the dentist will …

The Board of Directors of Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) clarified and explained during a January 5 press conference their position relative to the issue of declaring the 60 employees redundant on the last working days of 2020.   Atty. Lorendo K. Dilag reiterated that the process of declaring them redundant is legal and due process …

We need to distinguish between the two, since they usually go together and yet while to be zealous is good, to be triumphalistic is not. Yes, we should try our best to be zealous in everything we do, putting passion into them. We have to be bent in achieving the goal of any undertaking.  Somehow …

It’s, of course, good that we constantly highlight God’s call for us to follow him, to be holy and perfect as he is, since we have been created in his image and likeness. It’s good that we are always reminded to love, to pray, to make sacrifices, to frequent the sacraments, to develop virtues, to …

In China, there is a saying, “the strongest surface is not necessarily the hardest.”  In Japan, the same message resonates, “Study the water running down a small current.” When you have water going over a stone for 1,000 years, it will eventually cut a hole through it, says Deloitte’s William Chou. He describes family enterprises …

We are familiar with this group of leading Jews in the times of Christ. They could not believe that Christ was the promised Messiah, and they did their best to discredit him, always finding fault in him, setting traps for him, until they managed, with their instigation, to put Christ to death.  They were actually …

Indeed, we have succeeded in many ways to shorten the distances in making the entire world smaller as a community through modern transport and communications. But we also shortened the length of the space that separates humanity from dying. Time, in all its infinity, is not constant. The only constant thing in life is change. …