
Marcos, a misfit in ‘agri’ post?
WE have yet to hear a farmer praising President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for appointing himself Secretary of Agriculture. This is where he sou...

WE have yet to hear a farmer praising President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for appointing himself Secretary of Agriculture. This is where he sou...

THERE was a time when I wrote of the annual Dinagyang Festival as a “religious-historical distortion”. While I meant no offense against the Roman Cat...

EVERY SUNDAY, I meet with fellow “young once” like lawyer Pol Causing, businessman Melvin de Leon and dentist Bong Gustilo to exchange views over coff...

TODAY, January 6, marks the last day of the Christmas season. It is better known as the “Three Kings Feast” in celebration of the day the “three kings...

THE year-end death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on December 31, 2022 brought sadness to Roman Catholics worldwide. But it was not unexpected of the 2...

WHY has January become the first month of the year? I wondered about it until I learned why September and October are “illogically” placed on the 9th ...

HAVING made it through another “meaty” Christmas, we are simply grateful to be alive in another New Year. To this 72-year-old writer, it means prepari...

THE inflationary Christmas this year does not augur well for the less fortunate. Even we in the “middle class” grimace over rising prices of Noche Bue...

AS of today, the published exchange rate of the Philippine peso against the US dollar is ₱55.36. I guess the dollar beneficiaries would wish for more ...