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I grew up in a home where Sunday mornings were all about the songs of Max Surban and cassette tapes which my grandfather, Diosdado Sr., called “standard Bisaya” music. Living in a house next to my grandparents…
The Filipino ocean has been described as an epicenter of marine biodiversity, with the richest concentration of marine life on the entire planet. However, it is beset with human-made pressures such as overfishing and destruction of marine…
I was reading again yesterday Paul Kennedy’s 1993 book on Preparing for the 21st Century. My purpose was to see what was right or wrong in his predictions on which country will be the winner in the…
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s threats to abolish the Landbank of the Philippines ostensibly for “not financing agricultural enterprises” had this corner wondering where he sourced his data because it certainly didn’t sound like it came from the…
The Second Quarter 2019 Social Weather Stations Survey, conducted from June 22-26, 2019, found 51 percent of adult Filipinos with little trust in China, for a net trust rating of -24, classified by SWS as poor. In…
There is a clamor for Nature to be accorded legal rights. “Rights of Nature is the recognition and honoring that Nature has rights. It is the recognition that our ecosystems – including trees, oceans, animals, mountains –…
With the stroke of a pen last July 1, President Rodrigo Duterte finally gave the National Museum (NM) a permanent home in Cebu, thanks to the new NM Board Chair Luli Arroyo-Bernas who had shepherded the request…
Communing with Nature is an experience like no other. Positive feelings of serenity, grace, magic, rejuvenation and spiritual upliftment – envelop one’s being all at once. Being mindful of the colors, the patterns, the shapes of…
The recent announcement by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, during her first week back in the provincial seat, to increase the monthly stipend of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) from 1,500 to 3,000 pesos reminded me of how far our…
My six-year-old son wants to be a boy scout. He made this announcement as we walked from the highway to his school. He said his classmate, Seve, wears two types of uniforms: Type A and Type B.…
After losing during the last May 13 election, Mayor Tomas Osmeña has at least two possible things to do: to have a rematch with incumbent mayor Edgardo Labella in the next election or to finally quit politics.…
The cherished values for participatory governance and citizen engagement are now embedded in the highest law of the land, our Constitution. They are anchored on the fundamental principle for respect for the right of the people to…
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