Sectoral Concern

By Rose Bernido When our visiting feature writing teacher urged us to write a reflection on the current events the past weeks, we were inspired and challenged because as communication studen...

By HJ Corrales There was a time when I thought globalization means the Americanization of the whole world and I thought speaking English is the way to be educated. We go to school supposedly...

By Bryan Edulzura Yes, you must have been to “Suez Canal," haven't you? That iconic "barbecuehan" held every night along Montilla Street in Butuan City for decades since the 1980s. And if...

By Justino Red and Lee Flores Sorry if we sound “killjoy” but we are proud as any citizens this side of Mindanao when we heard Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte province was named the best...

By Nestor Garcia Once again, it is the season of ambitious comedians and greedy clowns who endlessly want us to be entertained and bought and like before, left us wondering and lamenting why...

By Portia Jaspe and Albert Lopez No Virginia, the prettiest girl is not with false eyelashes, sparkling fingernails, ghost-white skin and fake blonde hair all courtesy of so-called beauty pa...

By Vin Sahidra I do not know if it was meant to be a joke or some cheap political propaganda to sweeten the already damaged memory of the late Ilocano leader and Filipino mastermind-murderer...

By Nestor Garcia When I was in high-school in 1970's our history teachers would praised the European navigators like Ferdinand Magellan as the greatest sailors in the world. But one time,...

By RJS It may not bring in tourists but it will generate interest to health conscious and responsible consumers no matter where they are and disciplined to a consistent healthy lifestyle. ...

By RJS "The country needs you," Tipay, my charming high-school classmate told me at a restaurant weeks before our class reunion last April. She didn't mean the republic of course but my pres...