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Pollution: The world’s leading killer

On the morning of October 27, 1948, Wednesday, a heavy smog settled down over the area surrounding Donora, Pennsylvania in the United States.  Weathermen described it as “a temperature inversion” and was so thick that it evoked comments from the residents. According to the public...

Your loyal subject

At the tail-end of the ASEAN Summit here in Manila some weeks ago, we witnessed, mostly on social media platforms, a minor bickering by a certain “major blogger.” In gist, what transpired was a derring-do of this self-assuming major political blogger to a British...

Afterlight

WHEN YOU FIND you’re awake and you’re up on your feet, the first thing you notice is that your watch is partly broken—the hands unmoving; the crown, for some reason, a bit stiff, the crystal face smashed in like the shell of an...

Fund-raiser for Marawi by PDP Laban Cares

The advanced movie screening at the Center Square Cinemas in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City also served as a venue where the PDP Laban Cares gave recognition to some of the veterans of the five-month battle by personnel of the Philippine National...

Ride the Sweet Rails of Eastwood Richmonde Hotel’s Gingerbread Train!

Eastwood Richmonde Hotel opens the tracks once more for a delightful ride with lip-smacking goodies this season! Hop in The Lounge’s Christmas Gingerbread Train and indulge in Richmonde’s rich, creamy, chocolaty goodies and savory holiday treats up for grabs starting November 24. Satisfy your...

Of Iyot and other demons

We have seen the changing of the official mouthpiece guard at the Palace. From the soft-spoken, interpretation-heavy baritone of a former pastor now ex-Secretary Ernesto Abella, to the would-be hollow block-throwing lawyer and marginalized group representative, Atty. Harry Roque. But among the voices continuously...

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When labor leaders get killed

T­he row of factories that lined the main road in Barangay Mamatid, Cabuyao, Laguna brought back memories of another time, when students like her,...

Goodbye, Kuya Eddie

The first time I saw him was in 1965 and I was about five to six years old. He came to our house in...

A Memoir of World War II

Before the Japanese attacked the American naval base in Hawaii on December 8, 1941, their invasion of the Philippines was expected. By then, the...

May divorce be with you

  So who doesn’t want divorce?  Happily married couples, that’s who.  They and religious zealots, but can anyone come up with a good reason why...