Last March 2, 2024, Saturday, Tahanang Pinakamasaya, which used to be TAPE, Inc’s EAT Bulaga, bowed their last, that’s barely 9 months after the hullabaloo of TVJ leaving the original show and transferring to TV5, and the show was taken over by Paolo Contis and Yorme Isko Moreno. I first wrote about the Economics of …
Have you chased sunsets and sunrises? Have you seen that orangey-yellow light slowly turning into a purple-red and black sky hovering over the seascapes and waters? Have you seen that overviewing landscape of two hills detailed in-between with the diminishing sun? Was that in the west or east? Go figure with a compass. How many …
In a mountain Kingdom nearest the moon, inside the King’s chambers, once upon a time. “Son…” the King rasped. “I go to my grave, buried with the burden of Kings before me…” “Father…” A gnarled hand, ashen and trembling, raised a hem from silken bed covers. “…while our Kingdom boasts of conquests…” the King rasped …
In my practice as a therapist, one of the most common questions I receive from clients, especially the ones who are seeking professional help for the first time is, “Baliw na po baa ko? (Am I crazy?) As much as I assure clients that the term ‘crazy’ is considered derogatory and not used in our …
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Before the celebrated 17 Sustainable Development Goals, there is the Philippine Agenda 21 (PA21). This was launched on September 26, 1996, and was written in response to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, integrating social development into the country’s governance framework. PA21 focuses on investments in human and social capital, health, population management, …
I have been working in Taiwan for the past two years now and although I avoid at all costs comparing various aspects of life here in Taiwan from that of the Philippines, I could help but do it with the excellent health care system here. First and foremost, I have to emphasize that health care …
Hey, it’s the month of love – Valentine’s and no one is going to stop it – even the loveless? I know, it’s a time for blues for those who are mending their broken hearts but I guess love is like that – a happy and hurtful experience all the while. Nevertheless, love and relationships …
There’s nothing to like about death for the grief it brings. One death is one too many, said a Sage once. And no one, save the insufferable sociopath we’ve come to know, belies the saw. Yet the testimonies until dawn made it clear, there is no other exit – regardless of our stoicism or dislike. …
What is the difference between sanity and insanity? What is weird or eccentric? What is unique? What is extraordinary? Lucid Interval is a circumstance in law and medicine where a person acts with awareness after a time of unconsciousness or insanity. It is a time of being able to make sound judgments beyond the presumption …
Of late, news of the deaths of two good friends, a mere fortnight apart, came via Messenger. Popo, 48, and Darwin, 36. Both were decent people, and so, are well-loved, and tears fell a mighty torrent at their wakes. Popo was a wonderful presence, a rock sundry folks held on to when swept into a …
