Plight of present-day teachers
It’s a unique feeling, like a balloon inflated with fury, bouncing around the confines of your chest cavity. Then it turns into a mixture of wrath and fear, both powerful and devastating emotions, hence...
Teasing time
One of the fringe benefits of having many elder siblings is one’s likelihood of becoming an object of teasing at home. That seems to be the case, as always—the younger ones are vulnerable to...
Phil Hog Raisers seek government on pork imports
The National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI), have repeatedly raised an appeal for government intervention amidst deluge of pork imports and impact on the peso depreciation on production cost felt by industry.
The NFHFI...
BFAR partners with CSAP for sardines steady supply
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has strategized to meet the supply of sardines during closed fishing months by partnering with the Canned Sardines Association of the Philippines (CSAP).
The looming of sardines...
Advent, vigilance, focus
IT’S the Advent Season again, the proximate preparation for the birth of Christ on Christmas Day. It also starts another liturgical year when we are made to go through the different stages of the...
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...