Ang pagbabasa ay isang matuwid na libangan at pampalipas lockdown (partial man o full). Bukod dito, sari-saring pananaw ang maaaring lumantad, na makapagpapalapad at makapagtataas ng antas ng kaalaman sa mga bagay-bagay na may pangakong tulong sa pagharap sa buhay-buhay. Kaya naman nang madaanan ko’t mabasa ang isang sanaysay na naitala ng isang kaibigan sa worldwide web, pinagpasyahan… Read More »
Mary’s Meals is a no-frills charity focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. These life-changing meals attract hungry children into the classroom. It fills their empty stomachs, so they have the energy and opportunity to learn and gives them the chance of a brighter future. The meals… Read More »
IN 1284, AS THE LEGEND GOES, the people of Hamelin, Germany, hired the town’s rat-catcher, a piper, to lure the rats away with his magic pipe. The piper was dressed in multi-colored (“pied”) clothing; hence he was called the “Pied Piper.” He led the rats out of the town and into the sea where they drowned. When the… Read More »
“He could only touch here and there, like lightning glancing on the highest peaks of mountains, but which left the deep clefts of valleys, the oceans and the clamoring rivers, in complete and shadowy darkness.” – Taylor Caldwell, The Final Hour (1944). HERE I feel fine being alone, really, here in my room, where no one bothers me,… Read More »
“How would you live your life differently if you could start over, what would you do, who would you be, where would you go, what would you embrace?” – Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop (2020) We need rituals for without them we are lost. One of these rituals is our list of resolutions for the New… Read More »
RECENT DEVELOPMENT seems to suggest that the U.S. is veering towards a rightward trajectory. The problem with this is that the law of the jungle is supplanting the rule of law. Yes, proponents of the law of the jungle are bamboozling those who adhere to the rule of law. It is survival of the strongest. And as someone… Read More »
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both severe COVID-19 presentation at hospital admission and in-hospital mortality. Overall, nearly a quarter of all people living with HIV who were hospitalized with COVID-19, died. COVID-19 is threatening the gains in fighting the HIV epidemic. It is leading… Read More »
WHAT IS THE TROUBLE with the Democratic Party? Are they going crazy? They have the presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives. They have full control of the Executive and Legislative branches of government! They haven’t done so well in a very long time. They passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which surpassed any government program since… Read More »
It feels tentative to have typed 2022 to date this piece. But I am undoubtedly looking forward to 2022 for many reasons – foremost of them because it might just be the year when covid will be a thing of the past, just like many of us are hoping as well. Except maybe (Big MAYBE, in short, in… Read More »
And the winner is…..Charo, who’s a recipient of countless awards and recognitions did it again! This time for her fine acting performance in “Kun Maupay Man It Panahon” at the recently concluded Metro Manila Film Festival. You must remember that Charo got her first major acting award in her very first film ITIM as Asia’s Best Actress (1978)… Read More »