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“There’s a pleasant sense of happiness for me,” to quote a line of the Carpenters’ Top of the World, every single time my children ditch their tablets and hurry out of the main door to play with…
When the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Cebu warned the public about investment scams following the operation of Kapa Community Ministry International, Inc. (KAPA), I remembered the P12 billion pyramid scam by the company identified as…
One of the greatest tragedies of all time is humanity’s haughty belief that it can survive without Nature, at the extreme, or that we can cope with climate risks – at our own pace. We have become…
In my class in economics and in public management and development, I often say that there is no development without good governance. I am saying this again now to our newly elected local and national government officials…
In seeking out artifacts and objects for a museum, it is often the serendipitous, the unexpected, that make one’s day. And the Museo Misamis, which will be inaugurated at 4 o’clock this afternoon, proves to be…
Lest we forget, we do have our own language(s). In the Philippines, we have more than 170. The teaching of Philippine languages is no longer mandatory for tertiary educational institutions in the Philippines. But at the University…
An email from a reader of this column requested that I write about how I survive Cebu’s traffic situation while raising three children and maintaining a full-time job. The answer is: Remote work. Or being employed by…
Known as the land of promise, Mindanao accounts for 34 percent of the Philippines’ 300,000 square kilometers of land. The island is greatly endowed with minerals, particularly in the Caraga Region, and wide tracts of land that…
A seafarer’s psychosis, severe depression or schizophrenia may be considered compensable due to the work-related stressful environment on board the vessel. Seafarers are susceptible to mental health issues due to harassment and bullying that can take a…
When architects dabble in painting the end result is a harmony of colors worthy of a great exhibition. That is exactly what happened when a group of fourteen architects called Architsketchers Cebu took upon themselves the…
I wrote most of these thoughts on May 13: If the latest Pulse Asia survey proves prescient (and it might not, since there is a history of pre-election surveys proving wrong once the electoral dust settles,…
Finally, the Commission on Elections formally proclaimed on Wednesday the 12 senators who won in the May 13 elections. They are: Senators Cynthia Villar, Grace Poe, Christopher Bong Go, Pia Cayetano, Ronald de la Rosa, Sony…
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