Death’s harvest
Two days after we left for Catbalogan due to the worsening stench in the air that we could no longer stomach, and exactly 5 days after super typhoon Yolanda struck, I decided to come...
Haiyan’s political impact
As the strongest typhoon in history to ever hit land, Yolanda(international name: Haiyan) was indeed so strong that its tremendous strength is still manifested in our political landscape.
During its demoralizing and deadly aftermath, when...
HB 1972 to save Sierra Madre from becoming Sira Madre
One thing you will notice among government officials, including Legislators, share one characteristic – that of being REACTIVE, instead of being PROACTIVE!
A case of “suffer first and find remedy later”! Such is the crafting...
Dealing with our differences and conflicts
THE great lesson we can learn from the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin (cfr. Lk 15,1-10) is that with the unavoidable differences and conflicts among ourselves, we have a golden...
Quid agis in Planta?
What’s in a plant? Why we MUST go back to our photosynthetic roots and hopefully thrive because of it? Why it is our savior and without Plant our doom is certain?
In the recent NETFLIX...
A handicap
A media colleague once featured me as a multi-artist—that’s in his article about an international award that I received from the United Federation of Fil-Am Educators. In a way, his ‘multi-artist’ regard of me...