For the unvaccinated, the ‘inevitable’

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 08/05/2021

  Dr. Luis Medina-Garcia, an American infectious disease expert based in Nevada where there is a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, says that “for those who have not had the vaccine, it is not a matter of…

He to the loo, she to the gold

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 07/29/2021

Almost at the same time that Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz was preparing to lift the 224-kg weight that would win for the Philippines our first ever Olympic gold on July 26 in Tokyo, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte…

Malevolent trolling leading to hate crimes

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 07/08/2021

There oughta be a law against malevolent troll armies or troll farms set up with the sole evil purpose of bashing, maligning, trashing, bullying, tarnishing reputations, spreading lies, and destroying the minds especially of the young, the…

That mad scramble for Pfizer vaccine

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 05/27/2021

What did people’s mad scramble last week for the US-manufactured Pfizer vaccine tell us? But first, thank God it did not turn out to be a killer stampede reminiscent of TV’s live show “Wowowee” in 2006 that…

In the maw of death sans ivermectin

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 04/08/2021

Text messages two days ago from a next of kin, a young, intrepid ER nurse in one of the big hospitals in Metro Manila: “Full capacity… nakapila mga ambulance and private cars outside. When I am the…

QR-ed, ID-ed, bar coded, tracked, tagged

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 02/11/2021

Wired magazine published the article “Digital IDs are more dangerous than you think” by Brett Solomon, founder of a global conference that addresses human rights in the digital age. It says that digital identification systems are meant…

Food porn, poverty porn, and Christmas

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 12/17/2020

While the hungry and homeless poor may not see Facebook posts showing food-laden Christmas tables and trumpeted proofs of how exceedingly blessed we are (that’s an editorial we)—healthy, wealthy, happy, etc.—we can hold back a little out…

Benumbed and bedumbed

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 11/19/2020

The admonition/advice/plea is out. The words “resilient” and “resilience,” used to refer to the Filipinos’ indomitable spirit in the face of tragedies and calamities are, if possible, to be avoided. It is nobody’s decree, but may it…

‘Oragon’

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 11/12/2020

There is a popular word in Bicol that has no exact equivalent in Filipino languages or in English, and that is “oragon.” There are a number of Bicol languages, by the way, each with particular diphthongs that…

‘L is for rabbit’

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 10/29/2020

Examiners and exterminators of error-laden textbooks are having a field day spotting glaring errors in textbooks and modules that were custom-made for schoolchildren during this pandemic year that saw both teachers and learners stuck at home. For…

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