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Some years ago, I celebrated the fiesta Mass in the parish of The Most Holy Trinity in Batangas City. As I started my homily, I looked up and saw three doves perched on one of the beams…
The first time I encountered the term “social indicators” was in 1973, in a draft research agenda for the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) shared by Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz (OD) at a private meeting with…
It is ironic that C.M. Recto Avenue in downtown Manila has gained notoriety for made-to-order fake documents. After all, Claro (clear) Recto (straight) was a Filipino senator who left us with a legacy of integrity and staunch…
The Philippine Business for Education released a report based on their survey of more than 300 education stakeholders nationwide, including teachers and school leaders. They aired their concern over the unofficial policy of “mass promotion” or automatic…
Why is it that when we talk of Manila as an important, cosmopolitan, capital city, we do so in the past tense? Is it because Manila is lost in the group of cities that now form the…
The most frustrating thing about dealing with government is when rules are so unreasonable that it feels like the only reason that they’re there is to deliberately make things harder for all of us. Often they defy…
When I grow up … Do you remember how old you were when this question was first asked about what you wanted to become? I was 5 years old when I said I wanted to be a…
The story is told about a little boy who wanted to bring inside the house his new bike, but his mother said “no,” telling him that the Holy Spirit will be watching his bike outside, so no…
In 2023Q1, the national percentage of Self-Rated Poor households was 51, unchanged from 2022Q4. Last year, it had been 43 in Q1, 48 in Q2, and 49 in Q3. The halt in the rise of general poverty…
To my knowledge, no library in the Philippines or abroad has a complete set of newspapers that were published between the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896 and the Philippine-American War in 1899. If we had…
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…
Apolinario Mabini died in his brother’s home in Nagtahan in 1903. The wooden house with a nipa roof, now a national shrine, has been moved a number of times. First, from one bank of the Pasig to…
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