FILIPINOS are generous, there is no doubt. But many cannot pour from an empty cup they have. Their own lifeline is thin, yet they have the lifeline of others to support. A matter they believe they have paid for through the heavy government tax that ...
Filipino debt trap: Breaking the chains
THERE is a shadow looming over the hardworking, resilient Filipino. Such shadow keeps the Filipino wide awake even after overtime and side hustle. A shadow that hovers even in their sleep — like a nightmare. It is the shadow of debt. In its extreme ...
The Stations of the Cross of the Filipino
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. — African proverb In the global scene, there is so much disruption caused by hegemonic nations that analysts likened the situation to Richard Nixon’s “madman theory” — where a leader intention ...
The outstanding global Filipino nurses
THEIR compassion knows no borders, and excellence deserves to be celebrated — together. The Philippine Nurses Association of America Foundation has awarded the Ten Global Filipino Nurses who lead, inspire and mentor the next generation of health care ...
Filipino nurses through the eyes of a global athlete
“YOU are my champion!” This line ended the keynote speech of global Filipino athlete Olivia Bong Coo during the Filipino Nurses Global Summit VI organized by the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA), with the Philippine Nurses Association ...
‘Franchising Together: Asean to the World’
THE Philippine franchising industry has become one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic consumer sectors, valued at about P605 billion, equal to nearly 8 percent of the national gross domestic product (Asean Briefing, 2025). Studies show that franchisin ...
Highest education budget, now what?
IT is what the constitution mandates: the highest budget for education. It is right and just. The 2026 budget should not surprise us. Partly optimistic for the positive indication of this administration’s quest to regain public trust or at least to ...
Anomie: Are we there yet?
ANOMIE is social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values. Anomie describes a state of normlessness when society’s rules, values and expectations lose their power to guide behavior — leaving individuals disconnected, feeling adr ...
The threat of AI, as AI knows it
AI is a human invention like no other. While created by intelligent humans through technology, it can create and generate, and can be autonomous beyond what it is prompted to do. And it is through its access of vast unlimited collective information ...
When artists sing and weep, and say ‘Padayon’
LUDWIG Van Beethoven once said, “artists are fiery, they do not weep.” Not in the case of artists who were weeping while performing in front of evacuees in Cebu and Davao, displaced from their homes by earthquakes and floods. The fiery spirit to hel ...