De la Cruz-Busto: Thoughts on getting older
IN A week's, I will be 39 years old. When I am by my lonesome, I think about how things would be before turning 40. I feel I am already doing things that I think people turning older do. I know I am getting old because of the things that I do now that I do not normally do when I was younger.
Custodio: That heart-y feeling
I HAVE to say that love has been sooo in the air since February came. It's everywhere! There always seems to be that special thrill whenever Valentine's Day is coming. What can I say, people want to celebrate love!
I had originally wanted to write about the eternal love of my life, the...
Editorial: Protecting our children
THE suicide of a 14-year-old Filipina in a Westchester community in New York last week shocked her family and the whole Filipino community.
Valle: The Lupercalia of Ancient Rome and St. Valentine's Day
THERE'S so much influence of commercialism in our daily lives that we often ignore that it is already dictating on us, especially on our children and the youth, such that at time begin to be a little disturbed by it. Just like the Christmas season, long before the winds of December blows, the...
So-Yeung: Failure
A FEW things in life can hurt more than failing. It grips the gut in a slow, twisting motion that causes the eyes to water and the heart to pound. Failure can make grown men weep like teenaged girls, and make teenaged girls pound walls with their balled-up fists like grown men. And no matter how...
Ledesma: Taking a last look at Herhof
I HOPE the enthusiasm of the City Government to avail of municipal or residual waste technology will not wane and die with the unceremonious withdrawal of Herhof of Germany's nebulous offer to set-up a multi-billion-peso complex that promises to process our garbage into something of value.
Millan: Contraband
NO DOCUMENT in recent history has underwent the scrupulous scrutiny that the SALN of the Chief Justice is currently undergoing. All the items that were written are being reviewed like they were materials for the bar exam. All the items that were not written are being speculated on like they...
We got mail: Geohazard areas
IN LIGHT of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake disaster in Dumaguete and Cebu, as well as the flash flooding in Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and our own loss of 30 fellow townspeople in Matina Pangi, perhaps it would be helpful in directing environmental efforts to view two of the most critical geohazard...
Editorial: Loud and clear
WHEN Senior Supt. Ronald dela Rosa assumed his post as director of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) last week, he had a firm idea on how he would deal with criminality in a metropolis as big as Davao. Knowing fully well where he stands in the fight against criminals, dela Rosa went directly...
Marfori: Odd times
"LOWBORN men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath." (Psalm 62:9)
It was 5:33 AM and I felt odd. After seven hours of sleep my mind was fogged, paralyzed, and unable to write anything. Perhaps it was the...
Editorial: Farewell, Nanay Soling
IN HER lifetime, she was surrounded by politicians, each a breed of its own.
Covington: Turtles plural
"BLACKLIST them!" cried the mayor.
"It's an insult to the people of Davao City!" thundered a DENR Regional Executive Director.
"More ink!" shrieked the press, determined to milk the issue for all its worth.
The "they" are a bunch of foreign missionaries who, because of their...
Ledesma: Brits hubris and lessons missed in mining talks
IN THE anti-mining assembly held at the Ateneo de Davao University last week, a "no-to-coal" advocate stood up to make a statement that the 300 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Davao City was in anticipation for the operations of the Sagittarius open pit mine in Tampakan, South Cotabato.
Valle: Threat more real than imagined
"DO YOU hear the news?" I have heard this question repeated not once but several times for the past few days as some youngsters in our school seemed disturbed by something that they have heard circulating, not only in campus but also in the airwaves. Curious, I asked one girl who at first...
Mendoza: A cycle from womb to tomb
DIRECTOR'S CUT: (This portion features the thoughts of DepEd 11 Regional Director Susana Teresa B. Estigoy, CESO IV to all stakeholders and recipients of the efforts to improve the basic education) I do not consider my job as plain work -- rather it is my LIFE. "We have to continually examine...
Custodio: Little steps and a whole lot of faith
THIS week was challenging. I had two major realizations the past seven days. Honestly, I hesitated to share this because I felt you would find it too boring. But well, I figured if one person can feel not alone and encouraged to just go on, this boring article would have served its purpose.
Capon: DRSUS - Not the last resort
"DRSUS is not the last resort to solve the problems in elevating education. Not in Region 11. Not in a university that had made its name on the ground of quality education."
KEEP going. Keep dreaming. Keep reaching for your goals but can a dreamer pursue his goals if a big brother has to...
Sunday Essays: Tales of the forgotten discoverer
"UNTIL this day he is afraid to go back to Mt. Diwata due to the threats. But one thing is for sure, if it wasn't for this man there would be no Gold Ore Capital in Asia."
Mt. Diwalwal of Monkayo has one of the largest gold deposits in Mindanao. It has attracted a lot of foreign investors...
Sunday Essays: More than a mag
"DON'T get me wrong, I was not embarrassed to be a Mindanaon, it was just that I don't know what to be proud of being one. As I grew older, I was able to explore Mindanao in a different way."
SHE asked: "Ai! Wala pala kayong (name of a very good restaurant in Manila) dito?" I cringed.
Editorial: Where boundaries are not recognized
MARINE creatures do not recognize boundaries, and so their continued existence relies on international cooperation and treaties.
So-Yeung: Family matters
FAMILY, the basic unit of society, is such a solid word, but in reality is so flexible it can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided in myriad ways.
When I got married, I thought family would mean just my husband and I, and the kids that would come God willing. We would play house...
Valle: The clever young Women of Malolos’ struggle for education
THERE is one aspect in mentoring that makes it very interesting and fulfilling. It is the fact that one need to retrace one’s path in education, which, as I have realized, I really did not give much attention when I was younger I guess, because as I journey again with my students into the life...
Editorial: Bato's compelling words
"LET us focus on our job."
Millan: The Mysterious Island
IT IS a wonder that a small island like Tawi-Tawi with just a dozen municipalities has more students than a big province like Magindanao that has almost forty municipalities.
It is a marvel that a small island like Tawi-Tawi with just a dozen municipalities has more students than a big...
Covington: Swanky stores in swanky malls
STORM in a teacup this last week was a couple of items reporting how Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs Ronald Llamas was caught buying pirate DVDs at a Quezon market stall up there in manic Manila.
We've got a member of the Supreme Court living apparently way beyond his means, a...
