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Economics of Noontime Shows (Part 3)

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...

The Solist

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...

The Sand-Gatherer’s Kingdom

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...

Asking For Help: When everything is not what it seems

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?)...

Remembering the Philippine Agenda 21

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...

Universal Health Care: Sana All

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 Love Witch

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...

The Odds of Certainty (II)

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...

A Woman of Tell-Tales

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...

The Odds of Certainty (Part I)

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...

Opinion

Just differently wired

Did you know that autism spectrum disorder and mental health conditions are closely associated? Accordingly, some neurodivergency like ASD, ADHD ...

Development Communication: Where Care Becomes Action

For almost a decade, I have served in our adopted communities as the Community Extension Program Coordinator of the College ...

Remember EDSA People Power Revolution

“Let us retell the story of EDSA.” Archbishop of Lipa Gilbert Garcera, D.D., president  of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines ...

Write out your mind and heart

Creative Writing is a form of art. More than the paintings and graphics, writing is an expression of our thoughts ...
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