A country’s economy can be likened to a big engine. And just like an actual engine, it has to be fine-tuned, tweaked, or even upgraded, to be as efficient a machine as it can be. Lately, there have been some actions to make sure that the Philippine economic engine will, potentially, become a more efficient …
OPINION
The twins of war and peace
\Because of our earthly condition, marked by our call to holiness in the middle of our wounded, if not sinful, condition, we cannot help but have war and peace in this life. They may be considered as fraternal twins, looking different from each other, but bound intimately from conception to birth and to the whole …
Duterte, malambot sa mga hepe ng mga ahensiyang korap
INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “… ‘Sa lupa, ang mga bansa ay masisindak at malilito dahil sa ugong at mga daluyong ng dagat’…” (si Jesus, ang ating Diyos at Tagapagligtas na Siyang Diyos Ama, Anak, at Espiritu Santo, sa Lucas 21:25, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya). *** DUTERTE, MASYADONG MALAMBOT SA MGA PINUNO NG MGA AHENSIYANG KORAP: …
Be humble amid great honors
We have to be ready to react properly when some praises and honors come our way. We should remain humble, knowing that all those praises and honors belong to God. “Deo omnis gloria!” This is the lesson Christ wants to impart when he talked about the unprofitable servant. (cfr Lk 17,7-10) “Which of you,” he …
Paraw Regatta and the coronavirus
“Fear, left unchecked, can spread like a virus.” –“Necromancing the Stone” by Lish McBride When this year’s Paraw Regatta Festival unfolds from April 1 to 5, the world may still not be safe from the coronavirus disease, or Covid-19. By that time, the global death toll may have risen even more; there is no telling …
Hostage sa Greenhills City, bunga ng kabaliwan ng isip
INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “… ‘Unawain ninyo ang aral mula sa puno ng igos; kapag ang mga sanga nito ay umuusbong at nagkakadahon na, alam ninyong malapit na ang tag-araw. Gayundin naman, kapag nakita ninyo ang lahat ng ito, malalaman ninyong malapit na siyang dumating, halos naririto na’…” (si Jesus, ang ating Diyos at Tagapagligtas na …
Slow drivers must keep right
There have been several road mishaps between motorcycles and other vehicles, particularly because many motorcyclists are unaware of how to drive correctly. Knowing traffic laws and understanding how to drive properly is imperative. Motorcyclists are often seen swerving between lanes and cutting off other motorists, seemingly under the impression that the larger vehicle will be …
PECO’s body, More Power’s soul
“The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.” －Charles Horton Cooley The More Electric and Power Corporation (More Power) is a soul without a body; in order for it to exist …
Be always on guard
That’s simply because our life will always be in some warfare. And it is not so much in the outside or the visible world as in the inside or the invisible aspects of our life. Our war will be more in our mind, heart and soul, in our thoughts, desires, intentions, memory, imagination, feelings and …
The ‘Rape of Manila’ remembered
The battle to re-take Manila from Japanese hands (Feb. 3 to Feb. 29, 1945) was raging. On the eighth day, “a squad of Japanese soldiers entered the Red Cross Building and proceeded to shoot and bayonet everyone in the building, including staff doctors, patients and young babies, nurses and refugees. Nurses pleaded for the lives …