Opinion
Quite a journey to life
(1st of two parts) I was born in Zamboanga Del Sur Philippines in Oct. 21st 1975. I was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church...
Love in the legal profession
“Love is useless unless it is shared with another. Indeed, no man is an island.” This pronouncement in the case of Chi Ming Tsoi vs....
Feeler
Other than the celebration of the birthday of the Savior of mankind, another much-anticipated date in the calendar is Valentine's Day. Some would get...
CCP Pasinaya features Spanish influence in Philippine culture
With the popularity of the TV series “Maria Clara at Ibarra”, the grounds of Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) during the Pasinaya Open...
High-risk, high-reward
The last two quarters of last year gave my husband and me a different kind of roller-coaster ride, making 2022 yet another unforgettable year...
I-PALAWAN MO NA: A CULTURE
It was supposed to be a date that almost everybody abhors—January 13, a Friday. This unlucky day, however, was set to launch “Pagetek Foodcourt”—the...
Festival hopping in the Philippines in honor of Black Nazarene and Sto.Nino
Filipino Catholics are known for having sincere, enormous, and extreme expressions of piety considering that the country is the third-largest Catholic population in the...
Eclipsing Benedict
He has been hounded by numerous controversies in his lifetime, albeit undeservedly. To mention a few: being branded as the "German Shepherd" or "God’s...
2023 Promises Even Stronger Momentum in U.S.-Philippine Ties
The last five months of 2022 coincided with my first five months serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines—an exciting time marked by nonstop...
STRONG
The thought of Emelita, an indigenous woman, and mother of 11, who came to visit me on Christmas Day, has not left me yet....
Eraserheads and nostalgia of UP college life
The reunion concert of the Eraserheads dubbed “Huling El Bimbo” is peppered with elements associated with our college life at the University of the...
“UP Fight” reverberating during UAAP games
Securing tickets for the University Athletic Association of the Philippines ( UAAP) games became a challenging feat due to the increasing number of enthusiastic fans eager to shout “UP...