Cancer in the time of pandemic

Mary Grace H. Aruta - @inquirerdotnet 09/07/2022

How many times have you had life-altering news delivered to you? Mine was when my dad died in 2018 and when I knew I had cancer. My first OB-GYN visit in 2015 revealed I had PCOS, and…

The pain of school closures

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 08/18/2022

The pandemic has cost us more than 400 schools, leaving students with fewer options and making the admissions process that much more competitive and stressful. Once a school closes, it is difficult to replace it. The business…

The ‘gift’ of the pandemic to Anne Curtis as mom and wife

Marinel Cruz 08/15/2022

Each parent has his or her own unique journey, according to new mom Anne Curtis. “When it comes to parenting, what you do won’t always be right in the eyes of others, but it’s the right way…

COVID-19: From pandemic to endemic

Nicanor Austriaco - @inquirerdotnet 08/11/2022

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak that had begun just a few months earlier in Wuhan, China, was a global pandemic. A pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide,…

How misinformation derails free speech

Adrian Monck - @inquirerdotnet 08/06/2022

Own nothing, be happy. You might have heard the phrase. It started life as a screenshot, culled from the internet by an anonymous antisemitic account on the image board 4chan. “Own nothing, be happy—The Jew World Order…

Face-to-face classes

Edilberto C. de Jesus - @inquirerdotnet 08/04/2022

A rare consensus among experts from different disciplines point to the protracted suspension of classes, followed by the restrictions on face-to-face (F2F) instruction, as the biggest blow inflicted by the pandemic on education and society. The public…

Zoomers: The lost generation

Wilhelm Matthew A. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 08/01/2022

When we were children, our elders frequently asked what we wanted to be when we grow up. Most of us wanted to become doctors, lawyers, engineers, bankers, or whatever high-paying job our precocious minds could think of.…

Cum laude, asterisk

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 07/30/2022

On the next biodata sheet submitted by a fresh graduate of the University of the Philippines, I will put an asterisk (*) after their name. At the foot of the page will be the reference, Randy David,…

Let’s do in-person learning right

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 07/07/2022

During the President’s first press briefing, there was a renewed pronouncement of committing to resuming 100 percent in-person classes by November. So far, the Philippines is one of the longest to remain in remote learning mode and…

The emerging cesspool

Jose Ma. Montelibano - @inquirerdotnet 07/02/2022

It is a global cesspool, on the surface began by the Covid-19 pandemic and now made more turbulent by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Domestic dynamics from country to country only serve to aggravate or, if governed…

Local airlines spreading their wings more as pandemic wanes

Tyrone Jasper Piad 06/15/2022

Local airlines have been ramping up flights to other countries to address increasing demand for air mobility as international travel returns. Philippine Airlines (PAL) will resume its Manila-Bali, Indonesia route by July 1, flying thrice weekly. The…

To have a dream

Angel Diesta - @inquirerdotnet 06/06/2022

I dreamed of becoming a doctor when I was three. I wanted to be an architect when I was four, and when I turned five, I dreamed of becoming an artist like my father. At 22, I…

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