Now a launch target
Using Eastern Visayas as a launchpad for joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines places the region in unnecessary danger. The recent missile launch from the vicinity of San Jose and...
Missed forecasts
At the height of recent typhoons in the Philippines, there were mornings when schools suspended classes because forecasts warned of violent rains, only for children to spend the day under a stubborn blue sky,...
The business continuum of a family business: Passing the torch, building the future
Family businesses are more than just commercial ventures. They are living legacies—woven with the dreams of founders, the sacrifices of loved ones, and the hopes of generations yet to come. Whether it begins as...
Our morality depends on our spirituality
IT’S quite clear that the way we think, speak, react and behave in general is determined by the way we are. This is somehow encapsulated in that Latin expression: “agere sequitur esse” which means...
Silence above the political noise
In the old Waray tales, elders often spoke of the tikang han tamsi (flight of the bird). The bird does not argue with the storm; it simply rises above it, seeking calmer skies. Today,...
What help?
Government dole-outs are growing at an alarming rate, and what should have been temporary relief has become a permanent political instrument. A nation cannot survive when dependency becomes state policy and productive labor is...