My Journey. Narrated in the Language of Food.
(Note: I am writing this piece wearing three different hats. First, as an ordinary viewer. Remember that I have long left the mainstream media industry for the private, corporate sector. Also, I am simply exercising my freedom of speech. And Continue reading Kidnap
Not surprisingly, the ballooning national inflation has revived the debates on junking the expanded VAT, which was passed into law in 2005. Of course, depending on which side you are on, the EVAT could be seen either as the reason Continue reading Reviewing the EVAT — and other government decisions
Great tragedy was the backdrop of my first trip to Real, Infanta, and General Nakar in Quezon Province. In November 2004, hundreds of residents were killed in these towns, after typhoons Winnie and Yoyong caused landslides burying houses, buildings, and Continue reading Before and After: Real, Infanta, and General Nakar, Quezon
CBCPNews — MANILA, June 30, 2008—The head of Manila ’s Roman Catholic Church said the Sulpicio Lines may have ventured into the wrong business following another tragedy involving one of its passenger vessels. “Maybe they (Sulpicio Lines) should not be Continue reading Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales: Sulpcio Lines in a wrong business
2007 indeed was arguably a banner year for the Philippine economy, and it was around the same time last year, when Malacañang bragged about the country’s economic growth, the highest in three decades. But the same could not be said Continue reading Ramdam ang Mataas na mga Presyo
Update: This has been extensively forwarded via e-mail as an article supposedly written by Ateneo de Manila University Professor Eduardo Calasanz. However, it turns out that the article is a chapter from a book, as Prof. Calasanz himself has clarified. Continue reading Partners and Marriage (Update)