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Faith, favors, and failures

WE like to think our Sunday worship bleeds into Monday’s choices. Yet time and again, many devout followers brandish their rosaries at Mass only...

Bollard built to harm

WHEN a five-year-old girl and a 29-year-old man were struck down by a rogue SUV at NAIA Terminal 1, it was not just a...

Good Governance in the Context of Businesses

IN my last column, I talked about CMCI or Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index highlighting the pillars being considered for a city or municipality to be dubbed as competitive --economic dynamism, resiliency,...

When Life Gives You Tangerines: a tale of shoes and cabbages

WHEN I was younger I always had dreams of flying through magical shoes. In Greek mythology, shoes, particularly sandals and winged sandals, symbolize various themes...

CMCI basics

WHENEVER I hear any municipality or city, my tendency is to know about their competitiveness level, say for example, I am interested to know the classification of the cities and municipalities (first...

Kamote on wheels

HAVE you ever been stuck in traffic—tired, frustrated—when, out of nowhere, a motorcycle cuts through dangerously close, jolting you awake? Chances are, you have...

The blind following

IN the vibrant and chaotic terrain of politics, one wonders at the relentless allegiance many people show toward politicians with dubious credentials and moral...

Vote like you mean it!

THERE is something deeply unnerving about walking into a classroom a week before elections and hearing college students shrug off voting as if it...

Ukay tells a tale

Ukay-ukay business in the Philippines has been surprisingly resilient over the past decades, thanks to the ever-adapting fashion tastes of the locals. I have...

Loan sharks

THE new face of loan sharks now in the Philippines are in the form of online lending apps (OLA)  with advertisements proliferating in various...

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