“Ngunit muling lumalakas at sumisigla ang mga tumatanggap at nananampalataya sa Diyos. Lilipad silang parang may mga pakpak ng agila…” – Isaias 40:31, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya MGA PILIPINO, IPINAGPIPILITAN SA GOBYERNO ANG MAKATOTOHANANG PAGPAPALIWANAG KUNG MAY BISA BA ANG MGA COVID-19 VACCINES O WALA: Ipinagpipilitan ngayon ng mga Pilipinong nabakunahan na ng COVID-19 vaccines, …
OPINION
Taxpayers don’t deserve incompetent gov’t employees
Needless to say but just to remind our government officials and employees regardless of rank in the service that the salaries, bonuses, and other perks you enjoyed came from the hard earned money of the taxpayers. It is therefore safe to say that your bosses are the Filipino taxpayers. If the people are your bosses …
Prevention is important (Part 1)
Oral health issues are preventable. Most oral diseases and conditions, for example, share risk factors that can be changed, modified, or eliminated. These are, for example, tobacco use and cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and an unhealthy diet high in sugar. The risk factors are common to the four leading non-communicable diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic …
Connect the little to the big always
While it’s true that we have to take care of the little things in our life, we should not forget that we are not meant to get detained there. We should always relate the little ordinary things in our life to the big and ultimate purpose of our life. Christ himself somehow referred to this …
‘El peregrine,’ Tomas “Buddy” Gomez III
Tomas “Buddy” Gomez III, was former consul general in Hawaii and former press secretary during the time of President Cory. Prior to that, he held senior executive positions within the Ayala group. My last encounter with Buddy was during a zoom reunion on July 11, of former Ayala executives. During that meeting, Buddy excitedly informed …
Beware of elitism, tribalism, etc.
We certainly have to make the effort to develop the attitude of actively reaching out to others especially if they are different from us or if they have positions in conflict with ours. We need to be understanding, compassionate, friendly with everyone, always avoiding rash judgments, the bad habit of finding fault in others, comparing …
Major causes of family conflict
What are the major causes that can lead to intense family and sibling rivalries? In my personal experience mediating family conflicts in Asia, I see a pattern that appears to be a universal event: * The primary love language of a family revolves around money. * Parents and worse, absentee parents, are not united. * …
A multi-medal haul
With the Tokyo Olympics winding down last weekend, our countrymen are already reveling at the fact that for the first time in nearly a century, Team Philippines will be coming home with multiple medals. The last time we achieved this was at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, where bronze medals were earned by swimmer Teofilo …
What kind of father are you?
Did he intend to avoid his own flesh and blood? Was he under duress? Better still, is he still alive? If yes he intentionally dodged the possible meeting and is still very much alive and kicking, why blew away the golden opportunity to show warmth and affection to a daughter he left behind when she …
The State of the City
First things first. Our cheers to Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz of Zamboanga City for bagging the first-ever gold for our country after 97 years. The Philippines first participated in the Olympics in Paris 1924. Diaz’s certainly deserves all the monetary and material rewards she received following her Olympic feat considering her decades of sacrifices …