When people talk about the walk By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE reported surge in Pangasinan is easily blamed on the holidays, relaxed curfew, resumption of gambling particularly cockfights, etc. However, no amount of excuses or reimposition of stricter measures will result in better numbers if not backed by strict…
People have the right to be choosy By Al S. Medoza VACCINE or virus? Trust or tomorrow? Efficacy or emergency? Those are three questions that come to mind amid debates on vaccine issues. The government wants a Chinese vaccine but others prefer another. The solution? Skip the government’s offer…
2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2024? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BECAUSE of the unpredictable situations spawned by the world health crisis which the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games originally supposed to be held last July 24 to August 9 in Japan, the governing body International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to…
Think Outside Of The Box Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read on www.thoughtcatalog.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. “IN a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of…
The worst is far from over By Leonardo Micua JUST as we were about to write this column, the social media was abuzz with reports that the UK-COVID-19 variant, described personally by President Duterte as a “monster virus”, has already managed to enter the Philippines. And this happened as the…
The tragedy is about us By Ermin Garcia Jr. HOW most reacted to the Christine Dacera “rape-slay” case is certainly a case for behavioral science study. I say this because within minutes of the news in media, netizens (and, yes, the police) branded her death as a sordid case…
The seeming unending saga of Trump By Al S. Mendoza THE Trump truck of tricks keeps on rolling. It’s getting even worse. Only last Wednesday, January 6, Trump’s trumpeters stormed the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., America’s capital. You know what Capitol Hill represents? It houses both America’s Senate and…
The thing called happiness By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN 1972, the 4th King of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck declared, “Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product.” It is the very first time that the concept was articulated, changing the perspectives and measurements of Bhutan’s overall development. As an alternative…
Twin Vision By Atty. Farah G. Decano “IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,…
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