Uncharted life of extreme heat

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 07/13/2023

For three days last week, the world registered temperatures that one scientist described as “almost certainly” the hottest that planet Earth has seen for the past 100,000 years. Another scientist went further by declaring that it is…

The family ties that bind

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 07/06/2023

We should hold our reunions before we start having our get-togethers in each other’s funeral wakes.” I said these words last year as the world was starting to emerge from the pandemic, during which terrible time we…

Watermelons

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 05/25/2023

They’re the most ubiquitous fruits on roadside stands this summer. And with the unbearable and record heat we’re experiencing, for sure, many travelers succumb to the succulent seduction of one of the biggest fruits cultivated and consumed…

No room for rascals in BI

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 04/14/2023

I add my own voice to the uproar against misbehaving Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel over their attitude and treatment of our countrymen who travel abroad. Several years back, when I was still single, I booked a…

The disappearing ‘lolas’ of Mapanique

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 03/30/2023

There were originally 96 members when they formed the Malaya Lolas, an association of Filipino women who suffered mass rape and other forms of horrendous crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. As…

Wasted talents and squandered wits

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 03/23/2023

One of the biggest wonders of the human race is that its members are endowed with an immense variety of interests and a vast diversity of talents. Do we ever wonder why different persons get interested in…

Bliss or misery

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 01/12/2023

In what seemed like a flash in time, my wife and I reached the five-year milestone in our married life last Sunday. We’re lucky we got blessed with a child, now a bubbly four-year-old who’s the center…

Fame and fortune in our lives

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 12/01/2022

The most popular sport in the world is now holding its once-in-every-four-years World Cup competition in Qatar. Football (soccer to Filipinos) is the most widely watched athletic event on earth. Over a period of 28 days, a…

Crisis of leaders, crisis of voters

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 11/17/2022

The United States has just gone through one of the most consequential midterm elections in its recent history. Filipinos are keenly interested in the elections in the so-called land of milk and honey, even if we are…

Gov’t must stop being a gambling lord

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 09/22/2022

What’s the difference between our government and underworld gangsters when it comes to their involvement in gambling? None. Both are immoral opportunists who take advantage of people’s addiction to gambling in order to reap tons of money.…

An internet for the common good

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 09/15/2022

One of mankind’s greatest inventions is motorized transportation. But it eventually became mankind’s worse invention when the world allowed its unstrained misuse. Mankind is again reaping the rewards of an even greater new invention—the internet. And yet…

Altered news

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 07/14/2022

There’s been a major change in how we get our daily dose of news and entertainment. We are relying less on traditional sources—such as newspapers, television, and movie theaters—and we’re depending more on new providers that utilize…

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