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 d...
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 th...
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 ...
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 testim...
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 awa...
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 ...
After more than a decade, we’re back to writing a column. Now, this may all sound easy, this task of writing sensibly while making its message sing. But it isn’t, quite frankly, like riding a bike. Be...
I started to love listening to live music when I was old enough to be allowed inside Le Fondue at the La Azotea building along Session Road. My generation was too young to experience Songs and would b...
We extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar, a 17-year-old boy whose life was tragically taken in a police operation in Navotas City on August 2. Our hearts and prayers a...
Last week, we discussed the supply-side perspective of the economics of noontime shows. This time around, we take on the perspective of consumers or the viewers of these noontime shows. The basic prem...
