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THE LORDS IN THE RING

May 14, 2021 Comments Off

In May next year, 50 million Filipinos will elect the next president of the Philippines. The candidates to succeed Rodrigo Roa Duterte are not exactly the best of the Filipino race. And judging by the […]

THE TURNING POINT

May 7, 2021 Comments Off

Finally, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gets himself vaccinated. The 76-year-old chief executive got the jab on Monday, May 3, with a dose of the now legendary Sinopharm vaccine. That is good news for two reasons. […]

RAMON ANG’S BIG DREAMS

May 6, 2021 Comments Off

Three bouts with COVID convinced RSA about two things: One, life can be short and death can be sudden; you cannot bring wealth to your grave, “not even your wrist watch,” he smiles. Two, a […]

MANEUVERS

April 23, 2021 Comments Off

At the stroke of midnight Monday, April 19, in the last seven minutes of a 97-minute cabinet meeting-cum-television show, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte discussed something close to his heart and now, fearsome to his five-year-old […]

THE DEADLIEST PRESIDENCY

April 15, 2021 Comments Off

By the end of this year, more than 150,000 Filipinos would have died from COVID-19. They come from two generations of great Filipinos–those born from 1930 to 1960 and those born from 1961 to […]

FROM ONE DISASTER TO ANOTHER

April 8, 2021 Comments Off

In March 2020, President Duterte declared what became the world’s longest and severest lockdown this century. The idea was to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus which has caused the world’s deadliest pandemic in […]

CONVERGE CLAIMS TO BE THE LARGEST HIGH-SPEED FIXED BROADBAND OPERATOR IN THE PHILIPPINES

October 12, 2020 Comments Off

Overview According to its prospectus, Converge is the largest high-speed fixed broadband operator in the Philippines, by high-speed residential fixed broadband subscriptions, with a 55% market share as of June 30, 2020, according to MPA […]

BITCOINS ARE HIGHLY REACTIVE

April 8, 2021 Comments Off

On March 11, 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the bitcoin (BTC) was worth $7,950. The next day BTC plunged to $4,810. It slowly rose to around $10k in May. By November it held […]

HOW WE LEARN BIAS AND TOLERANCE

March 21, 2021 Comments Off

We all notice race from birth. As babies, we quickly differentiate languages, likely from the sounds we hear while in the womb. Studies show that newborns can identify their mother’s voice and turn towards it. […]

CULTURALLY DIVERSE BOOKS CAN BUILD TOLERANCE

March 19, 2021 Comments Off

Experience and research show that cultural exposure broadens our minds and increases our understanding of other races. As the pandemic constrains us to stay home, our social interactions are limited. But we can still experience […]

THE COMMITTED — A NOVEL

June 18, 2021 Comments Off

By Viet Thanh Nguyễn Pulitzer winner of The Sympathizer Hardcover, 345 pages, 2021. Grove Press (Grove Atlantic) I didn’t read The Sympathizer (2015) which won a Pulitzer, so I was curious to read this sequel. […]

WHERE THE PAST BEGINS – A WRITER’S MEMOIR

June 18, 2021 Comments Off

Heart-wrenching memoir by longtime bestseller and awarded author Amy Tan of “The Joy Luck Club”, “The Valley of Amazement”, and “The Hundred Secret Senses”. “Joy Luck Club” was a year-long NYT bestseller which gained many […]

BETTER STRETCHING

May 31, 2021 Comments Off

By Joe Yoon Hardcover, 198 pages, 2020. St. Martin’s Essentials Joe Yoon is a certified personal trainer, licensed massage therapist, and founder of the fitness training JoeTherapy. He helps Olympic gold medalists, professional athletes, champion […]