SOMETHING I wasn’t expecting in the slightest took place this week. That something is the opening of applications for fishing permits for Burnham Park’s lake, where all the boats are. Color me surprised here - I hadn’t expected that water, colored and unmoving as it was, to have fish in [...]
THIS past week, two incidents in the country became viral and continue to be the subject of significant public interest. First is the hit-and-run case involving Jose Antonio Sanvicente (driver of the SUV involved in the incident) and victim Christian Joseph Floralde (the security guard manning the traffic along the [...]
“Hija, sit here. I will teach you Math,” Lolo Alfred pointed to an empty chair at a square table. The other three seats were occupied by 60-something-year-olds, and thus did I find myself surrounded by four elders, all somehow related to my maternal grandfather at Lolo Alfred’s home on a [...]
"WALANG himala! Ang himala ay nasa puso ng tao, nasa puso nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawa ng himala, tayo ang gumagawa ng mga sumpa at ng mga Diyos, walang himala!" These are famous lines popularized by Nora Aunor in the iconic film “Himala” which was written by award-winning playwright Ricky [...]
SOMETIME in the ‘90s when I managed another Courier, there was a story going around in watering holes about a bank employee who had been approving bank loan applications for her ballroom dancing circle even without the required collateral. Cases were filed against the employee and since these were already [...]
THE Executive Order issued by Cebu governor Gwen Garcia making the wearing of face masks optional for Cebuano in well-ventilated and open spaces in their province seems to have generated a lot of controversies. For one the said Executive Order - which was later adopted by the Cebu provincial board [...]
Richard A. Giye Words wound the heart It just took one year for Lad to be completely healed from a motorcycle accident that batted his skull on the concrete road going to La Union. It broke his nose frame and shattered his cheekbones. His face nearly breaks off and blood [...]
A MERE breach of a promise to marry is not an actionable wrong, as long as it is not of such extent as would palpably and unjustifiably contradict good customs. In any case, the party seeking to recover damages must have acted in good faith. I was still a freshman [...]
FAKE news is not new. It’s been everywhere now since things became hi-tech. With the recent increase in the use of social media, most especially Facebook, fake news has escalated and has even found its corner in the mainstream media. With this, honest and sincere media work is undermined. In [...]
YOU know it is Summer in the lowlands when incessant lightning and loud thunders precede the heavy afternoon rains. We fear lightning, especially because we stay in the middle of a grassland among tall trees. There are no tall coconut trees but these exotic acacia trees are even taller than [...]