Maria Y. Orosa: Food hero

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 12/21/2022

Unlike Sen. Cynthia Villar, I cannot live without onions, a staple in our daily cooking. My cook complained the other day about the price of onions at P380 a kilo. It is an increase from P200 a…

World Cup to UAAP

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 12/20/2022

I’ve told the story many times over about how, until I became UP Diliman chancellor in 2014, I was your typical nerd who knew virtually nothing about sports. I have to admit it wasn’t just ignorance, but…

Santa’s wish list

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 12/19/2022

Headline read: “CDC encourages people to wear masks to help prevent spread of COVID, flu and RSV over the holidays.” Given that restrictions have been relaxed and gatherings and reunions are inevitable, it pays to heed this…

The happiness measurement biz

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 12/17/2022

The measurement of happiness is a regular activity in quality-of-life research. There is a World Database of Happiness (WDH) and a Journal of Happiness Studies (JHS); Professor Ruut Veenhoven of Erasmus University, Netherlands, WDH founder and JHS’…

‘Christmask’ and other thoughts

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 12/16/2022

It has been all of three years. How time moved exceedingly slow during the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic that the world went through, that you and I endured and survived, but which millions did not.…

The many faces of grief

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 12/15/2022

People sometimes ask me whether their grief is normal. Most worry that they’ve been grieving too long; others get concerned that they might not be feeling as strongly as they should. I assure them that there is…

Digitalizing voter registration

Moira G. Gallaga - @inquirerdotnet 12/14/2022

Voter registration resumed last Monday, Dec. 12, and will run up to Jan. 31, 2023, while for overseas voters the registration period will be up to Sept. 30, 2024, in preparation for the 2025 midterm elections. The…

Pricey onions and neglected farms

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 12/13/2022

Former senator Kiko Pangilinan hit the news recently when he tweeted on prices he witnessed in Thailand in late September. “Last week sa Bangkok, 50 baht o 85 pesos 1 kilo ng bawang (garlic). 35 baht o…

Gift-giving

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 12/12/2022

Mother Hen” our very caring clerk from the nursery was asking my opinion. I struggled to comprehend, having just come from a grueling 24-hour duty and lacked sleep. Her child had been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, a…

The season of joy

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 12/11/2022

Who is the most relaxed driver in the world? The driver of the funeral car. Why? He is not in a hurry. He can take his time because his passenger has all the time. And, he has…

Accentuating the negative

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 12/10/2022

Have you noticed that many indicators of human well-being are formulated negatively, in terms of the reduction of ill-being, rather than positively, in terms of the addition to well-being? Consider, in particular, the United Nations’ top two…

Food, food, food

Jose Ma. Montelibano - @inquirerdotnet 12/09/2022

Inflation jumped to 8% according to the official November 2022 figures of government. That is painful news. More painful, though, is that the continuing rise of inflation is being driven strongly by rising food prices. To think…

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