Believing that all our efforts will be for naught if the environment we live in has already been damaged beyond repair, Ayala President and CEO Fernando Zobel de Ayala (FZA), formally announced last week the conglomerate’s commitment to take the lead in transitioning towards a low carbon economy. “Today, we are announcing our commitment to …
OPINION
God’s word is not just word
We have to put ourselves as one more character in any episode that God’s word presents to us. This is always possible since God’s word is eternal and will always remain relevant, alive and active, in any period of time. Neither is God’s word just an idea, a doctrine, an ideology. It’s not just a …
Business is not just about ROI
“In the past, when we buy a piece of land for development, say 100,000 square feet, we build 100,000 square feet, we don’t leave any space for trees! When I argued that trees are needed for the environment, my father would counter that trees don’t make money for us! That is the problem for many …
God’s providence and life’s uncertainties
There will be things in our life that will be beyond our human notice, and much less, our human control. We have to trust God’s providence even if things look terrible, impossible, or inhuman when judged simply by human standards. We cannot deny that our life will always be marked by all kinds of mysteries …
Migrant fishermen and debt bondage
By: Atty. Dennis Gorecho Delicious seafood in a menu might have a dark side: labor issues involving migrant fishermen that have long troubled the global fishing industry. In the piece “Worked to Death,” journalists from Environmental Reporting Collective worked together to expose illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing – known in the industry as “IUU fishing.” …
The dangers that lurk
It’s interesting to know that not only Filipinos do it. Americans do it too. Over six in 10 Americans or 64 percent of those surveyed use their feet to flush in public toilets, time.com reports, adding that the same number use paper towels to open bathroom doors. That’s how Americans fear the bacteria that lurk …
On the gender issue
As priest, I get to talk to all kinds of people—straight, gay, etc.—and I try my best to listen to each one, exerting effort to find where they are and where they are coming from. Only then would I try to clarify things. And even if there are disagreements, I try my best to maintain …
TRO sa paggamit ng plastic sa RP, hiningi sa SC
INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “Inilagay ng Panginoong Yahweh ang tao sa halamanan ng Eden upang ito’y pagyamanin at pangalagaan.” – Genesis 2:15, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya. *** PAGKAIN AT PAG-INOM NG PLASTIC, DUMARATING NA SA PILIPINAS, AYON SA MGA GRUPONG PANGKALIKASAN: Nangangamba ang maraming mamamayan, kasama ang kanilang mga samahan, na dumarating na sa Pilipinas ang panahong …
Only Christ should shine out
We have to know how to make full use of our human powers at the exclusive service of showing and giving Christ to the people. We have to be wary of the danger to taint our intentions with some ulterior motives of wanting to gain some human glory for ourselves. This was a point …
From zip to zapped
We really have to take care of our spirit which can only be properly animated if it is vitally engaged with the spirit of God. We come from God and we belong to him, meant to share in his very life, starting here on earth, until we reach our definitive state in heaven. We …