Our present condition, where we are deprived of certain comforts, conveniences, privileges, etc., is a good occasion for us to learn the art of how to leave everything behind, because one day it will be our turn to go, and what is left with us would be what we have in our heart. This is …
OPINION
Towards a more inclusive education system
The Senate recently ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the “Inclusive Education” Act, which aims to institutionalize a policy of inclusion and services for learners with disabilities (LWD) across the country’s education sector. The measure languished in the legislative mill for many years. No less than my late father, former Senate President Edgardo J. …
A gem of a beauty
Toothpaste as a beauty product? Why not, according to Georgia Geminder, an international model and daughter of an Australian billionaire. Georgia is branding an all-natural toothpaste as an oral health care product that is glamorous. She first looked at the novelty at the age of 17 as a teenager in Melbourne and the dream lived …
Our ghostly foes
With these ghostly foes of ours, what we have to do is to strengthen our spiritual and supernatural life. These trying times we are having now are actually good occasions for us to truly live the life in the spirit with God. We are no match against these ghostly foes if we would just depend …
Fighting boredom and dryness
Usually they are small tasks, even menial in character. But if done out of love for God and for others, they can acquire tremendous power to help people in their needs. God’s mysterious ways and the Christian doctrine about the communion of saints will see to it that even in our hidden work done with …
Dramatic decline in COVID cases in Muntinlupa City
Good news from Muntinlupa City. The city continues to record a steady decline in the local COVID-19 active cases. From Oct. 1 to Nov. 18, the number of active cases dropped by 93% from 988 to 68. To date, there have been 27,554 confirmed cases in Muntinlupa City with 26,909 recoveries, 577 reported deaths, 65 …
A ‘firestorm’ in a teacup?
I made the distinction between tolerating a lesser evil to achieve a greater good and approving what is morally wrong. In this life, no one can avoid having to deal with some forms of evil. We just have to learn to live with them as best that we can, without compromising what is really essential. …
With procrastination prevailing over succession, the chances of the business heading towards the path of self-destruction are high. I may sound like an alarmist, but I have seen conflicted families damaging businesses because their founders unwillingly procrastinated and refused to heed the call for governance and succession
With procrastination prevailing over succession, the chances of the business heading towards the path of self-destruction are high. I may sound like an alarmist, but I have seen conflicted families damaging businesses because their founders unwillingly procrastinated and refused to heed the call for governance and succession. A leader’s lasting value is measured by succession. …
Staying on course
Our earthly life, it is said, is a matter of a journey, a pilgrimage toward our eternal destination. Given our conditions here where we have to contend with all sorts of things, there is great need for us to stay on course, avoiding getting diverted and lost along the way. To be sure, we already …
Saga of WWII women victims of sexual slavery and violence
By Dennis Gorecho Lola Isabelita Viduya died on Nov. 23, 2021 at age of 89 due to pneumonia, the same day the unfortunate event called “Mapanique Siege” happened in 1944. Lola Isabelita is a leader of the Malaya Lolas who are victims of military sexual violence and slavery by Japanese military forces in the Philippines …