One for the road

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 05/01/2022

Among drinkers, “one for the road” is an expression of taking one more drink before leaving the group or the gathering, but someone said that for senior citizens, it means going to the bathroom one more time…

Getting out of the gilded cage

Rafael Lorenzo G. Conejos - @inquirerdotnet 04/30/2022

Remove your mask.” The immigration officer at Naia ordered. My heart sank at the request, yet there was also no turning back. It was January 2022, the height of global omicron, and I had just spent 15…

The guns of 1924

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 04/29/2022

The late Aquilino Pimentel Jr. once related how he accompanied a group of Mindanao warlords to Malacañang for a symbolic surrender to the government through then President Corazon Aquino. When media was called in for the photo-op,…

Votes and vaccines: Our values on the line

Raphael A. Pangalangan - @inquirerdotnet 04/28/2022

The election of President Duterte birthed terms like “Duterte’s Diehard Supporters” (DDS), “Dutertard,” and “Bobotante” from his critics. Not even a thousand acronymizations, portmanteaux, and euphemisms could mask the intellectual elitism that continues to reek the anti-Dutertian…

A seven-I platform

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 04/26/2022

To those who will become our next leaders, I would like to humbly suggest a governance agenda summed up in seven words/phrases that begin with the letter I, which I believe round up what our nation needs…

How I almost killed Papa

Arjay Hije - @inquirerdotnet 04/25/2022

How will I deal with grief?” I ask myself every time I remember how I almost killed my father when I was still a child. I was naive back then. Will I cry? Will I hide my…

God is loving and merciful

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 04/24/2022

I was sure Fr. Tristan Ferrera, SVD, our missionary awaiting deployment to Kenya, was not in his room. I saw him off yesterday afternoon for his home visit. That evening, I saw his lights were on. Maybe…

The religiosity of Filipinos

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 04/23/2022

This Easter and Ramadan, let us be mindful that we Filipinos are one of the most religious of peoples on the planet. This fact is based on the four cross-country surveys on religion of the International Social…

Hats and buttons

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 04/22/2022

Zoilo Galang’s “Encyclopedia of the Philippines” first appeared in 1936. A second edition of 20 volumes, using the material that survived World War II, appeared in 1958. Galang’s, like all print encyclopedias, was obsolete as soon as…

Elections are all about your vote

Guillermo M. Luz - @inquirerdotnet 04/21/2022

Everyone is following their own set of numbers to see which way these elections will go. So far, there are three types of numbers—surveys, social media metrics, and political rallies—and they all paint a very different picture.…

Is a new COVID surge inevitable?

Minguita Padilla - @inquirerdotnet 04/20/2022

After more than two years of lockdowns, economic downturns, and a lot of bad news, election fever has lifted spirits, infused funds into businesses, and triggered all forms of revenge partying. And with the party atmosphere come…

Copy our neighbors

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 04/19/2022

One little piece of advice I have for our government, particularly in steering our agriculture sector toward greater dynamism, is simply to copy our neighbors. Once upon a time, these neighbors were the ones copying us, and…

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