Growing out of mere compliance

Inez Ponce de leon - @inquirerdotnet 04/05/2023

Last week, I sat as thesis defense panelist for Camyl Fernandez and Ysobelle Joseph, both AB Communication seniors, who studied how 40 to 59-year-olds perceive a Department of Health (DOH) vaccine advocacy video. The students surveyed hundreds…

4 H of peace

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 12/04/2022

The story is told about a car mechanic who said to a surgeon: “Doctor, you and I repair engines. I repair car engines, and you repair human engines. Why is it that you earn much more than…

War shows our character

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 03/03/2022

The horrors of a realized Russian nightmare gripped the world as we witnessed Ukraine bravely defending themselves from a ruthless invader. With Philippine election campaigns in full swing, the events in Europe should remind us of how…

Humor as antidote to fake news, bad gov’t

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 03/08/2021

Did anyone notice how the tone of criticism against the ruling administration has shifted from angry condemnation to humorous protestation? We see this from the proliferation of jokes, hilarious memes, and sarcastic commentaries that expose our leaders…

A kite with a timely message seen over the skies in Cebu

Immae Lachica 04/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— In times like this, what is the best medium for us to convey a message to someone? Some choose to go with what’s in and fast, through the internet and through social media, some…

Vidal’s work, humility, humor recalled

10/24/2017

DEL MAR’S EULOGY A funeral eulogy, a writer once said, is a belated plea for the defense delivered after all the evidence is in. Whoever wrote that must be a lawyer who had just lost a big…

Honoring the dead

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/31/2016

I’m following my friend and media colleague Jhunnex Napallacan on the social networking site for local and national news updates which he, as lead anchor of Station dyLA, delivers without delay. His commentary style is folksy and…

Personal conversation

Editorial 07/27/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) may be overlong and dripping with folksy humor, but it was thankfully bereft of all those motherhood statements that his predecessors were fond of making, especially from one…

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