The sense of time as connected to eternity
IF we want to have a truly global picture of our life, we should develop a sense of time that is connected to eternity. We need to remind ourselves of this basic truth about...
Start, engage, rise and end
Positions and leadership are finite. The long-serving and sturdiest leaders knew that they can only last for a certain period of time. And whatever weapons and backing they have on their arsenal, they won’t...
DA earmarks $84 million to increase coffee output
An amount equivalent to P84.15, coming from the High Value Crop Development Program (HVCDP), Department of Agriculture (DA) has been allocated “to boost coffee production in the country”.
Specifically, “aims to improve productivity, product quality...
Komiks addiction
If nowadays, children and young people are addicted to modern gadgetry such as cellphones, tablets, and laptops, I in my boyhood and early teens was also addicted. But it was to a different thing--they...
Most at risk
Based on the latest assessment from the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), the Philippines, of all the countries in the world, is most at risk from climate change hazards, and we should take...
ADB approves $3.8M to protect Phil Coral Reef
In a much welcomed move by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), specially to us Filipino marine biologists, is its recent approval of “$3.8 million worth of support for the development of insurance for the...