Insights
A perfect cup - Adel Gabot
A friend of mine loudly expressed a considerable amount of cynicism about a line in my first column, when I wrote about the things this space will be about that went, "Less often, we buy something so phenomenally wonderful that we turn into evangelists for the damn things."
Filipina workers testify in Southeast Asian Court of Woman - Danton Remoto
Bali, Indonesia – More than 20 Southeast Asian women narrated their personal stories of exploitation and abuse during the first Southeast Asian Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking held yesterday in this island resort.
The road home - Leonor Magtolis Briones
Of all the rituals in our culture, nothing can surpass the grandeur, solemnity and power of the ceremonies associated with death.
Paalam, President Cory - Pat. Sto. Tomas
President Cory, maraming salamat sa mga naidulot mong kabutihan sa ating bansa lalo na ang kahalagahan ng pagkakaisa ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino.
August 2009 Visa Bulletin- Atty. Mike Templo
A visa bulletin is published every month by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security summarizing the available immigrant visa numbers for the current month for each preference category for the Family-sponsored and Employment-based petitions.
What Cory, in death, gave us - Miriam Coronel Ferrer
Corazon Cojuangco Aquino died 26 years after Ninoy was assassinated at the tarmac. Since the day of that fateful killing on 21 August 1983, one generation of Filipinos has been born innocent of what it meant for the nation to be under martial rule.
How’d you like them apples? - Adel Gabot
A large part of this column is about user/consumer experiences and your stories about how things go down in your adventures in free enterprise.
Apology for 'killing' the president - Lala Rimando
I’m guilty. I killed our president. I wrote an online story about the passing of a former president but inadvertently referred to the current one who’s still very much alive in portions of the story.
Half a lifetime ago - Danton Remoto
Half a lifetime ago, I was working as an Editor in the Secretariat of the Batasang Pambansa. I edited the plenary sessions, correcting the unforgettable grammar and idioms of assemblymen.
Praying for Cory and the country - Leonor Magtolis Briones
This column joins the rest of the grief-stricken country in mourning the loss of our beloved former President Cory. As we pray for the eternal repose of her soul, we also pray for the country which is now bereft of someone whose gentle presence inspired Filipinos to continue the struggle for renewal and reform in the country.