OPINION

Last Sunday, I visited a regional hospital and was surprised to see how organized they were in handling emergency cases despite being very congested. The high volume of patients is expected considering the facility caters to those from across the province, including Bacolod City. However, as a lone congressional district, the current administration must prioritize …

A five-year-old child produces about half a liter of saliva a day. That’s what researchers at Meikai University in Urayasu, Japan, have found from a study of 30 children conducted 24 years ago. The researchers received on Sept. 12 the Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry during the awarding rites at Harvard University. Professor Shigeru Watanabe, …

  We should not be surprised by this phenomenon. If we are more faithful to our vocation and mission, if we are more generous in our self-giving, we should not be surprised if we are also given more duties and responsibilities, and more tasks to perform. This can be verified in that parable of the …

INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “… Sa loob ng panahong iyon, hahanapin ng mga tao ang kamatayan ngunit hindi ito matatagpuan. Nanaisin nila ang kamatayan ngunit lalayuan sila nito…” (Pahayag 9:6, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya).   *** BAKIT KAYA KAHIT NAHALAL NA SI DUTERTE, MAY KORAPSION PA DIN SA RP? Ilang punto lang po sa naglalagablab na …

President Sheila Marie U. Tan had every reason to be proud last week as she reported to her board about the record performance of BPI Asset Management and Trust Corp. (BPI AMTC). BPI AMTC, which is celebrating its third anniversary as a stand-alone trust corporation this February, has reached P731 billion in Asset Under Management …

Writer Aris Teon of the Greater Chinese Journal described filial piety as a “central value in traditional Chinese culture and its importance went far beyond that of the biblical commandment “honor thy mother and thy father”. He goes on to explain that “filial piety was and still is a value based on strict principles of …

We have to learn when to get personal and when not to. Since we are all persons with a rational nature, we need to deal with each other properly as our nature and dignity demand. To “get personal,” as an expression, has many connotations. But I am afraid that it is stuck more with the …

INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “…’sa mga araw na iyon, ang mga tao’y magdaranas ng matinding kapighatiang hindi pa nararanasan mula nang likhain ang sanlibutan hanggang sa ngayon, at hindi na mararanasan pa kahit kailan’…” (si Jesus, ang ating Diyos at Tagapagligtas na Siyang Diyos Ama, Anak, at Espiritu Santo, sa Mateo 24:21, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya). …

In our country, the main tools of financial stability have traditionally been savings, usually through a bank account, and having a job. However, there is another avenue which many Filipinos don’t seem consider at all: investment. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ 2017 State of Financial Inclusion report revealed that 20.4 percent of Filipinos kept P5,000.01 …

We need to realize more seriously that more than feeding our body, we actually need to feed our soul which, being the principle of our life, is more important than the body. We are not just a biological being, like the plants and animals. We are human beings, persons with a rational nature and animated …