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Typhoon Ompong’s trail of destruction

The death toll from the passage of Typhoon Ompong has been pegged at 81 after the tragic landslide in a mining community in Itogon,...

Isolated cases or cases of isolation?

“Fake” news. Stupid commentaries. Irresponsible repartees to intelligent criticism. Reckless speeches. Senseless policies. Silly and laughable propaganda. Ill-advised decisions. Lies, lies and more lies. After...

When winners lose it

As the first Japanese—and Haitian, too—to win the US Open, one of tennis’ four Grand Slams, Naomi Osaka is something more than a winner: ...

Altering the anthem and flag is a lousy idea

“Aming ligaya na ‘pag may mang-aapi, Ang mamatay nang dahil sa’yo” These are the last two stanzas of the Philippine National Anthem in the Filipino language....

Tears of the shadow planet

Was it the embarrassing blunders she committed that made her unattractive to Tad? Was it her mysterious asthma attacks? What successful man would want...

Ang bigat

Nasalo ko sa tingin mong pabaya ako sa sarili.   Nakuha ko ang iniisip mong wala akong pinipiling pagkain. Bitbit ko ang inaasahan mong palatawa ako’t masayahin.   Kipkip...

Spitting Fire and Farce: Lourd De Veyra’s Little Book of Speeches

Voltaire said,“Let us read and let us dance—two amusements that will never do any harm to this world.” What he might have failed to...

My first literary prize

Aside from the few fan mail that I got because of the prize, something wonderful also happened. After we left the WG premises, I...

Fortinet introduces new network access control solution for IoT security

FortiNAC provides visibility and control of IoT devices and automated response to threats, controls access at scale in multi-vendor environments Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global...

PCSO opens 64th branch in ARMM; defends new budget allocation

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) opened on Sept. 10 its 64th branch office at the Provincial Capitol in Buluan, Maguindanao and the first PCSO...