Debate. More fun in the Philippines
Filipinos need a robust public debate about religion and atheism. I believe it’s good for the mental health of all Filipinos. Questions like “Why are we here?” “What is the purpose of life?” need to be addressed. Or corrected, as articulated by Professor Richard Dawkins in his recent debate with Cardinal George Pell in Sydney. Dawkins argued More...
What must be said
The following opinion piece by Jaime K Pimentel is in response to comments by Alric Bulseco on it in the website www.philippinesentinel.org. Well now, isn’t that nice. Things are becoming clearer now. We More...
OPINION: Wishy Washy Local Government Reaction to Storm
Mitchell Badeles Months after the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao, Philippines experienced overwhelming floods; people have lost confidence with their city’s officials. In Iligan City, watchdog More...
Keep on sending ~ to Sendong
The devastating flash flood that hit the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in the Philippines’ island of Mindanao recently was a catastrophe waiting to happen. We almost always blame Mother Nature for the More...
Fair-go, pare ko
RICHARD FORD What do I mean by ”living among Filipinos in a community setting? Or more intimately: What is it like for me, an Australian-born male married to a ”magandang” Filipina, living and More...
The joys of story-telling
NILDA CARPO How does one begin to write a story to tell the world about ”joie de vivre” ~ the Joy of living? Perhaps I have been equally an observer and a participant in the canvas or arena of life, More...
Sense of time
MITCHELL BADELLES What is time? Or maybe we should ask, who invented time or when did man start keeping time? I’d like to know why people had to keep time. Time used to be measured by the moons phases and then More...
Celebrating life’s skills
BRIAN LORENZ BABON Jack of all trades, master of none. Is that a bad thing? Should one be embarrassed at possessing several talents or skills all because one is not a master at any of them? From my point of view, More...
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