Transparency International has made public the result of its recent survey. Although the Philippines did not make it to the list of the most corrupt countries as ...
12: 55 P.M. I enter the mall. The security guards are unusually thorough. They ask me what’s inside the red polycarbonate case inside my bag. “My laptop,” I tell them. They look skeptical. I open the case. They see the whiteness of my Mac. I am hungry and impatient, but ...
Every year the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa conducts the Salita ng Taon competition in which one can nominate words that are of foreign provenance but through constant use they have acquired local nuance, ...
I am back from a blog break forced upon me by my doctor who advised me to rest for (a suspected) H1N1 infection. I was in hypochondriac mode. I was assured by my doctor that inhaling smoke from the sizzling sisig at the next table during a night out with friends ...
As a child I was taught that a Muslim’s devoutness is not judged solely on his or her ability to memorize prayers and verses in the Qur’an, or fast during the holy month of Ramadan, or give zakat, charity, to the less fortunate, or abstain from pork ...
