You are not alone By Jing Villamil LOCKED-down, locked-in, locked-out. Whatever prettified euphemism you may choose to name the situation we are all in, there is no other word to better describe being “house detained”. My family had personally gone through this, soon after Marcos demolished the opposition by…
Pause a little and take stock of our life By Al S. Mendoza THIS virus is no joke. It has killed thousands already in more than 184 countries, infecting thousands more young and old. It is not a whore-hunter, nor is it a serial killer. It kills wholesome, not…
COVID-19 delays Tokyo Olympics 2020 By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. LUZON has been on lockdown and no daily national newspapers arrive in the province. I just read some of the latest sports news through the Internet and TV, and the most talked about is the plan to postpone the 2020…
Three Sons and a Bundle of Sticks Unknown Author By Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.inspirationalife.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. ONCE upon a time, an old man lived with his three sons in a village. The three…
Life in COVID-19 era By Leonardo Micua FOR the past two weeks of observance of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in our little corner in Bonuan, we didn’t dare to go out in faithful compliance with the order, except on Fridays when we had to put the final copy of The PUNCH for the week to bed, so to speak. Like many others, I’ve been on a work-from-home arrangement but…
Is there life after COVID-19? By Ermin Garcia Jr. FOR humans whose emotional strength and bond arise from physical closeness, how does one explain, invoke and demand social distancing as a way of life? To stay away from everyone? Not only it is simply incomprehensible, it is unnatural. It…
Man of the masses speaks from the heart By Al S. Mendoza IN his recent TV appearance addressing the Filipino people about the COVID-19 outbreak, President Duterte was in his usual down-to-earth mode. Naturally, no speech. Only words plucked out from the heart. No frills. No bombast. No showboating….
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