Parents and Community can help raise our PISA Rankings
The latest PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) results for the Philippines were from 2022. In these results, the Philippines ranked 77th out of 81 countries. The scores were below the OECD average in...
With Christ, we become invincible
WE should have no doubt about this truth of our faith. Christ himself said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.” (Mk 8,35) There is no...
Beyond superstitions
For more than two decades, I had contemplated the supposed wisdom of the advice given to me by my graduate professor in Creative Writing, Dr. Resil Mojares of the University of San Carlos, Cebu...
We own no names
Filipinos are among the funniest people on earth as explained, in part, by their names. Because while other peoples from other countries bear the names that are native to their race, Filipinos only have...
Toughness needed to face life’s challenges
THAT’S what the readings of the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, reminds us of. From the Book of Job, we are already warned that our life here on earth is some kind...
A silent alarm
I never thought I would see the day when the Philippines would face a problem that seemed so foreign, so distant from our shores. The dwindling population was something we often associated with countries...