Coronavirus response beyond politics
In the midst of all the drama and chaos, with cities locking down and businesses closing their doors, we need leaders who can truly represent us, those who are born with courage and admirable values.
Teen Talk: COVID-challenge among teens
Being a teenager is a phase that all of us gets through. And I find it innate in us, teenagers, to be adventurous to the point of sometimes missing what is essential. Having fun though fascinates more the senses than being involved with serious tasks, but then again, we are being reminded of our social …
Defiance in time of crisis
While national and local governments impose community quarantine measures to prevent massive spread of coronavirus in the country, laborers and ordinary citizens who literally find money and food on the streets struggle to survive.
Love note to a doctor
Dear doctor, You are away from us, but every time I read news about doctors or medical practitioners getting infected or have died over the coronavirus pandemic, I shed tears. I pause and pray for you to whatever language my heart can offer. I know you are now taking care of your patients inside the …
Going back to basics with COVID -19
When we were young our parents and our school teachers always remind us to wash our hands. Washing it with soap and never touch our eyes and nose with dirty fingers. Families put God first before everything regardless of color and religion, and after outside exposures we were told to immediately change our clothes to …
The politics of ASF
The recent spate of positive cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) has again shaken the small and backyard piggery owners, who mostly depend on their swine to fend backhome economy and even send their children to school. The inability of the small time hog raisers to install biosecurity and other facilities to secure their pens against airborne …
The rescue that never was
When leaders of the Ata-Manobo from Davao del Norte swooped the compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran along Fr Selga Street in Davao City, upon the order of Governor Edwin Jubahib, they thought their relatives will be coming with them and will they come home. The rescue was unplanned, not …
Cleansing the PNP organization, a perennial concern
After the long wait, finally, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed the new Philippine National Police chief after waves of corruption issues plagued and is still plaguing the organization. According to the President, he took time to find a new chief because the organization has been infected with corruption virus ranging from procurement to recycling of confiscated …
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From afar
Robredo’s report is poor propaganda Vice President Leni Robredo pulled again a Judas on PRRD, the PNP, and the PDEA by doing twisted narrative intended to sow destruction and chaos. Robredo says the government anti-Drug war is a failure. The de facto VP Robredo, in trademark style where the spotlights are beaming, alleged, around 3,000 …
Pen Pointers
DPWH turns over Philippines’ largest mosque to BARMM The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned over documents transferring the management of the Sultan Hajji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid (mosque) to the leadership of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a ceremony held in Cotabato City on Wednesday, January 8. The DPWH …
