By Ignacio R. Bunye Coming home from a series of meetings in Makati last Wednesday, I was pleasantly surprised to watch a video of a 13-year-old student delivering a moving tribute to Ninoy Aquino on the eve of Ninoy’s martyrdom 42 years ago. Allow me to share with you Neo Fresnedi’s piece. *** Good morning, …
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Colon check chronicles
By Herman M. Lagon The moment I stepped into Healthway (Qualimed) for my colonoscopy, I felt the usual mix of nerves, surrender and curiosity. It was not my first time — gastroenterologist Dr. Ramel Ramon Balbastro also handled my procedure back in 2020 at St. Paul’s Hospital — but every screening feels personal. In my …
Exciting jobs in oral care you didn’t know exist
By Dr. Joseph D. Lim Oral health care is more than just dentists and hygienists. It is a lot wider profession — from professionals who solve crimes to technicians who develop new dental materials. Indeed, “the world of dental science is full of opportunities,” the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom points out, …
No filter: St. Augustine
By Herman M. Lagon If saints had yearbooks, Augustine of Hippo’s senior quote might be: “Lord, grant me chastity and self-control … but not yet.” It is blunt, funny and painfully human — like him. That quote, tucked into his famous Confessions, does not read like some sermon from a marble pedestal. It feels like …
‘Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag’: 50 years after its first screening
By Atty. Dennis Gorecho Aping-api mga Pilipino. It is very frustrating for an old man like me to see how things are going in this country. Sana abutan ko pa ang panahon ng tunay na pagbabago para sa mahihirap.” Actor Bembol Roco lamented that nothing has significantly changed in the country in relation to his …
The quiet beauty of math
By Herman M. Lagon There is something profoundly elegant about mathematics that slips past classroom walls, hides beneath the bark of trees, swims through ocean waves, and hums in your favorite song. Math may not use flowery words, moves or paint, but it speaks through patterns, rhythm and quiet logic. Einstein called it “the poetry …
Good governance, science-backed solutions key to addressing flooding: resilience expert
The head of the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) emphasized the need for good governance and the use of science in helping address flooding in the whole country. UPRI Executive Director Mahar Lagmay on Saturday, August 23, highlighted the importance of good governance amid issues on alleged anomalous flood control projects. “Kapag hindi …
Leaving big cities — part of the new normal?
BETTER DAYS By Sonny Angara A young couple in London was interviewed in a recent CNN Business article about their decision to move out of the city — something unheard of, practically a few months back. As the article explains, many people have tolerated the smaller living spaces combined with the noise and pollution, in …
Our proneness to infidelity
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to be wary of this danger and do everything we can to avoid falling into it. We cannot deny that we are all prone to be unfaithful to whatever commitment we have with God and with others. Our first parents, for example, started this trend. And the succeeding generations …
Did Escudero violate the law?
By Ade S. Fajardo Section 95 (c) of the Omnibus Election Code provides that no contribution for purposes of partisan political activity shall be made directly or indirectly by “natural and juridical persons who hold contracts or sub-contracts to supply the government or any of its divisions, subdivisions or instrumentalities, with goods or services or …