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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 […]

BUILDING THE HORIZON MANILA BAY CITY

March 26, 2021 Comments Off

Within the next five years, a new city will be built on top of the waters of Manila Bay, 3kms from the shoreline of the present Roxas Boulevard, itself once reclaimed land. The project is […]

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 FILIPINO INSTANT POT COOKBOOK

April 9, 2021 Comments Off

By Tisha Gonda Domingo, Jorell Domingo, Jeannie E Celestial, Art Swenson, Romeo Roque-Nido, Jamar Cabebe Paperback, 173 pages, 2019. Rocketships & Wonderment With the whole family at home, I’ve had to cook thrice as much […]

MENDING LIFE

April 9, 2021 Comments Off

By Nina and Sonya Montenegro Hardcover, 194 pages, 2020. Sasquatch Books (Penguin Random House) I got depressed from COVID overload at the end of 2020 that I didn’t have the energy to read, write, nor […]

WEEKNIGHT BAKING

April 8, 2021 Comments Off

Written & photographed by Michelle Lopez Hardcover, 297 pages, 2020. Simon & Schuster You all know I don’t bake, but Michelle’s passion for pastries moved me to try her vegan brownies for my allergic son. […]