By Herman M. Lagon Public life can feel loud on our screens, yet strangely quiet in many offices. People look up from their desks, share a glance, then return to deadlines. It is not apathy — it is calculation. Families depend on paydays, and reputations are fragile. Many who see what is wrong keep their …
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Comfort women still awaiting justice 80 years after World War II
By Dennis Gorecho Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito verbally accepting the terms of surrender that ended the Second World War reverberated throughout Japan via radio on August 14, 1945. The United States earlier detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) that killed …
When accountability leaks
By Herman M. Lagon Floodwater does not knock. It slips under the classroom door, pools on the floor, and turns the chalk tray into a narrow canal. Children lift their bags to save notebooks. A teacher, sleeves rolled, cuts the power and hoists the CPU onto a higher shelf. Outside, a tarp boasts of a …
The wheels of justice and judges-at-large
By Sonny Angara There is a saying that justice delayed is justice denied. Some say its origins date back to William Penn, a writer who was an early advocate for democracy and religious freedom in the United States. He phrased it as “to delay justice is injustice.” Here in our country, it is unfortunate that …
With God we have every reason to be happy
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Since God takes care of everything, even in our worst conditions, we have no reason to worry for long and every reason to be happy instead. While we cannot avoid pains and sorrows, we also know, if we truly have God in our heart and we enter into an intimate relation …
Traffic violators will be disqualified in zero-balance billing: DOH
Health Secretary Ted Herbosa announced that all road traffic violators admitted to Department of Health (DOH) hospitals will soon be disqualified from availing of the government’s zero-balance billing policy. “If you were admitted because you were not wearing a helmet, were not wearing a seatbelt, you were drinking, you are now disqualified from the zero-balance …
Quitting to evade lifestyle checks
By Ade S. Fajardo The ongoing probe into flood control shenanigans has shaken the foundations of many institutions. Case in point: Senator Tito Sotto has wrested the Senate presidency from Chiz Escudero. In the Senate hearing, the famed Discaya couple named several lawmakers as among those who received kickbacks from infrastructure projects that they implemented …
Cinema in AI flux
By Herman M. Lagon When UP Visayas Professor and Film Director Jonathan Jurilla took the stage at the DOST-hosted AI Fest 2025 at Iloilo Convention Center, he was not there to dazzle the audience with flashy tech tricks. He came to share a story — part family diary, part filmmaking lesson, part creative experiment — …
Staying on course
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to learn the art of how to stay on course in our life so that we do not get distracted, confused, entangled, and lost. For this, we have to be clear about what the real and ultimate purpose of our life is, as well as know how to relate …
A eulogy for Charlie Kirk
By Herman M. Lagon The news of Charlie Kirk’s killing at Utah Valley University felt both far and near. Far, because his brand of American conservatism often sat across the table from my own views. Near, because I had spent hours listening to his debates to understand how the other side thinks. I rarely agreed with …