Love is the key

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 09/03/2023

  The story is told about a young woman who impatiently honked her horn at an old man who was taking long in making his order at the first window of a fast food drive-thru. At the…

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances/ Desaparecidos

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/30/2023

The “International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances” or “Desaparecidos Day”  is observed August 30 annually since 2011. “Desaparecidos” is the Spanish and Portuguese word for “disappeared people” or victims of forced disappearance. The UN Commission…

Rizal on expat Filipinos

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 08/30/2023

With all the bad press our airport and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have been receiving for some months now, my last two hassle-free departures from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 can probably be described…

Eating out with dogs

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 08/29/2023

It was International Dog Day last Saturday, which got me thinking of today’s topic: the way people are taking their dogs to restaurants to eat out. For the Philippines, that’s such a change away from eating dogs.…

Your most important journey

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 08/27/2023

  The story is told about a teacher who said: “Maria, go to the map and find North America.” Maria obliged and pointed to North America. The teacher said: “Correct! Now, class who discovered North America?” And…

Military trainings: Tales of mental anguish, hazing and bullying

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/22/2023

The dark side of mandatory military service on bullying and hazing took the spotlight in the South Korean Netflix series D.P.  short for “Deserter Pursuit.” All able-bodied men in South Korea are required to serve 18 months…

100-day cough

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 08/21/2023

Scenario number one: A one-month-old baby was transferred from another institution in the hopes that further intervention would provide a cure. History revealed that the patient had been suffering from cough and cold a week prior to…

Help us, Lord!

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 08/20/2023

Some years ago, I saw an interesting picture of a groom and his bride kneeling before the altar on their wedding day. Unknown to the groom, his buddies wrote on the sole of his left shoe the…

Gay and lesbian  films dominate 19th  Cinemalaya

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/15/2023

“Gusto kong ibigay ito sa lahat ng mga ‘Eric’ na inalisan ng bibig at hindi nakapagsalita, para sa inyo ‘to. Nandito kami, nakikinig,” says Director  Carl Papa  of “ITI MAPUKPUKAW” (The Missing) that won Best Film at …

Don’t sink

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 08/13/2023

They say that walking is good for the health. Yes. I heard about a lady who started walking at the age of 65 … up to now she is still walking! And she is nowhere to be…

ChatGPT and me

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 08/11/2023

People who fear artificial intelligence (AI) have watched too many science-fiction films about robots running a world where humans are enslaved. AI has been upon us for a long time, and it has been getting better, smarter…

Spotlight on Cinemalaya films on human rights, red-tagging and extrajudicial killings  

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/08/2023

“If you destroy my country, I will kill you.” These are the words of former President Rodrigo Duterte that resonated in the documentary film Maria  of the 19th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival at the at the Philippine…

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