, July 08, 2025
April 27, 2021
‘Our extended (some say, overextended) family system is borne out of the desire to include everyone at the mahabang dulang (long table).In fact, the first thing we ask a guest in the house is, “Kumain na ba kayo? (Have you eaten).”’...
April 26, 2021
A Statement on our Security in the West Philippine Sea...
April 26, 2021
‘Encouraging the poor to travel from their communities, with the little cash that they have, so they might fall in line for a pantry where they are implicitly told to take little, is just unkind. It is also reckless’...
April 21, 2021
"They are my heroes. I can’t imagine working in the Pandemic without them. They work with a low wage yet give the best of their efforts. "...
April 21, 2021
To vac or not to vac, that is the question Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of coronavirus Or to give arms to vaccination And with the serum, end it....
April 13, 2021
Of course, the past is always romanticized. But in the face of today’s harsh realities, perhaps we should try to recall the way our parents managed to feed us and enabled us to survive. If they did it, so can we...