I remember the first time I sang the national anthem after the February 1986 People Power uprising: it was at a gathering of the Christian organization I belonged to at school and we had decided to open the program with a prayer and then the singing of the Lupang Hinirang. It was unusual for our [...]
Driving from Los Angeles to San Diego in September 2008, my brother and I passed the nuclear power plant in San Onofre, California. I saw the two large reactors looming at a distance and asked my brother if they were what I thought they were. Yes, he said. “I thought Californians were tree huggers,” I said [...]
His father was assigned to Davao City in 1983, heading the 3rd Marine Brigade until 1986. He himself spent little time in the city, coming here only for short visits, but Ruffy Biazon, currently congressman of Muntinlupa City but gunning for a seat in the Senate under the Liberal Party (LP) slate, has hit upon [...]
“Pray.” This was the simple but serious advice of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) Regional Corporate Executive Ed Calabio to Mindanaoans who are currently faced with a power crisis of epic proportions. We’ve seen worse, of course, but this current crisis is threatening to be the mother of all power crises because of [...]
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