By Herman M. Lagon Sometimes it comes quietly — not with announcements or goodbyes, but with the ordinary weight of a moment. A daughter comes home unexpectedly two weeks before Christmas, sits across the table as herself, and you realize the child you once held no longer needs holding — just as she prepares to …
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PHA warns public vs. ‘holiday heart syndrome’
The Philippine Heart Association (PHA) reminded the public to manage food and alcohol intake during the holiday season, warning that overeating, extremely sweet dishes and excessive drinking could trigger “holiday heart syndrome,” a condition associated with irregular heart rhythms. In the latest episode of Usapang Puso sa Puso, PHA cardiologist Dr. Iris Garcia cautioned Filipinos …
P6.794 trillion and counting: Will the budget finally reach the barangay?
By Ignacio R. Bunye The 2026 national budget — set for ratification on December 29 — is the biggest in our history: P6.794 trillion. That’s P18.6 billion every single day, or P775 million every hour. On paper, it promises everything: classrooms, calamity response, rice subsidies, railways. But one question refuses to go away: Will this …
Gen Z rewrites politics
By Herman M. Lagon Something has been silently growing underneath for a while now, and it would rather not be ignored anymore. You can see it on the streets and on your phone, in handwritten signs and shared symbols, and in young voices that seem more tired than angry. What many people term the Gen …
We are one big family of God
By Fr. Roy Cimagala On the Feast of the Holy Family, we are reminded that we actually comprise one big family of God with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. We are united, despite all the differences and conflicts we unavoidably have, due to the love God has for all of us which we should also reflect …
Blind obedience kills truth
By Herman M. Lagon Try a small exercise. The next time someone with a title — director, colonel, president, CEO, doctor, attorney, chairperson, mayor, congressman — tells you, “Share this, it is official,” pause. Ask, “How do we know?” That pause is where truth often survives. Albert Einstein once warned that blind obedience to authority …
Today, a great light has come
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Merry Christmas to all! On this most blessed and joyous day when we liturgically celebrate the birth of the very pattern and savior of our humanity, it is most apt to echo as often as we can this gospel acclamation in one of the Masses of Christmas. For, indeed, what can …
Counterbalancing disinformation
By Sonny Angara Over the past few decades, we have seen an exponential growth in the use of technology and along with it, the amount of information that is being made available at the fingertips of people. A while back, the amount of content an individual can consume was dependent on his or her capability …
When Black quietly delivers gold
By Herman M. Lagon The images that stay with us in Philippine basketball are usually loud — arms raised, crowds shaking arenas, emotions spilling over. This time, gold arrived without theatrics. In Bangkok, it came through subtraction: fewer stars, fewer assurances, fewer breaks. What remained was a group that trusted one another, anchored by a …
Prepare the best place for Jesus
By Fr. Roy Cimagala The gospel tells us of King David feeling a little disturbed because while he was living in a house of cedar, the ark of God dwells in a tent. (cfr. 2 Samuel 7:2) And so, the prophet Nathan told him: “Go, do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is …