So much for the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) repeated assurances that it has been actively working on various infrastructure projects to address the metro’s perennial flood ...

Why can’t Monday lift up Saturday?” Answer: “Because Monday is a week day.” ---------------- Today is the Feast of the Holy ...

Travel has many purposes. The travel writer Rick Steves categorizes travelers into three broad types. First, there’s the tourist, who seeks the excitement of shopping, sightseeing, and snapping ...

What does it taste like? I asked my Tito one sunny morning as I watched him sip from a small cup of steaming black liquid. He was sitting on the wooden bench in our kitchen, quietly enjoying the ...

Mary Jane Veloso’s return to the Philippines after 14 years of imprisonment in Indonesia is a historic occasion for many Filipinos. As a society that embraces “kapwa”—a core value reflecting a ...

Fourth Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey: 65 percent of adult Filipinos expect a happy Christmas, down from 73 percent in ...

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the ...

I write this year-end column with the cadence of the soft drizzle of rain, and while the world outside is going crazy because ...

My “noche buena” memories are largely sensory: chatter and laughter from uncles, aunts, and 50 first cousins; piping-hot nilaga made hearty by jiggling pork belly fat; gifts wrapped and ribboned; ...

I write this first draft after over 24 hours of celebrating Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Once again, Christmas has lifted my spirits from what has been a challenging and often disheartening year.