OPINION

The Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has claimed that the government will not allow entry to any member of the ICC to collect information and evidence in the Philippines. This is false bravado. The ICC prosecutor is authorized under the Rome Statute to collect evidence elsewhere. Up until a couple of months ago President …

INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “Ang bansang walang patnubay ng Diyos ay puno ng kaguluhan, ngunit mapalad ang taong sumusunod sa Kautusan.” – Mga Kawikaan 29:16, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya   *** DOH, OCTA, AT METRO MAYORS, NAGKAKAGULO SA ISYU NG DATA MANIPULATION TUNGKOL SA MGA NAHAHAWA ARAW-ARAW SA COVID-19: Nagkakagulo noong Miyerkules, Setyembre 29, 2021, at …

The important thing to remember is that whatever way one lives some aspects of his commitments should be inspired by a genuine love for God and for those for whom the commitments are made. It is this kind of love which will inspire one to submit himself to certain conditions even if other legitimate conditions …

To convert the prose of our daily life to a wonderful, love-inspired verse, we need to realize that we have to start everything with God and end it with him also. We need to refer everything to God. This is the constant challenge we have to tackle. How should we convert the prose of everyday …

The self-employed micro-entrepreneurs (SEMEs) in the Philippines continue to bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the country remains at high risk amid the recent surge of coronavirus cases, SEMEs are finding it difficult to sustain their operations given stricter quarantine restrictions and even abrupt shifts in guidelines. Considering these challenges, it would come …

Strategic planning season is here and as always the last quarter of every year is predictably the busiest for me and my team. This pandemic season is no exception. In fact, the frequency of advisory work has doubled. Managers are now facing the most profoundly uncertain times in their careers and senior executives are creating …

The Philippines is considered as the major supplier of maritime labor globally as it is estimated that there is one Filipino seafarer for every four to five complements on board a vessel at any time.   Atty. Dennis Gorecho “Filipino seafarers are our gifts to give to the world and to the Church.” Words that …

With the somehow foreseeable new landscape of the post-COVID world, we can tell that we have no time to waste as we face new and, most likely, formidable challenges. It’s very likely that we have to do some innovations, reinventions and up-skilling, if we want not only to survive but rather to prosper and contribute …

Even throughout the pandemic, seafarers have remained critical as they power the shipping industry that links countries to critical medical supplies and keeps the global economy running.  And yet, despite the crucial role these sea-based workers play, they sometimes go without any support to handle the unique challenges they face in the new normal.   …

Miracles are always a matter of faith. We just have to rectify our tendency to ask for miracles accompanied by doubts instead of faith, or to associate miracles with big, extraordinary things. Unless a blind man sees again, or a lame starts to walk, or a dead rises to life again, people nowadays say there …