Costly compliance
A colleague of mine gave up in the middle of obtaining a building permit—two months of dashing from one bureau to another, greasing palms of faceless bureaucrats, his meager building budget disappearing in unofficial...
The Foundation of Growth: Building character for business success
In the relentless pursuit of business growth, the focus often falls on strategies, tactics, and market trends. While these elements are crucial, a fundamental truth often gets overlooked: character is the bedrock upon which...
When life’s tempests assault us
THAT gospel episode about Christ’s disciples experiencing a terrible tempest at sea while Christ was simply sleeping in one corner of the boat (cfr. Mt 8,23-27) should remind us that while we cannot help...
Uniforms and crime sprees
There are many crimes that involves uniformed personnel, for some, the uniform is reason enough to perpetrate crimes and yet for some, the uniform is a tool to mislead the police.
As lawlessness slowly heats...
Our Chinese neighbors looking at our yard
Familiar with the childhood games we play where we sometimes steal guava fruits from our neighbors yard? We sometimes took the liking of plucking the plump balimbin and tambis , from our neighbors walled...
An appropriate name
Many Western media, health, and political organizations are now naming the COVID-19 as CCP Virus, which stands for Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This, accordingly, is the most appropriate name after numerous proofs had surfaced,...