Eking out a living
Not too long ago, the C-5 extension near our office was lined in both directions with ambulant vendors selling various types of food, from beef pares to goto, kwek-kwek and farm products including fresh bamboo shoots.
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Smart agriculture
Agriculture in tiny Taiwan, with its land area of nearly 36,200 square kilometers just over a tenth that of the Philippines, will make the P20-a-kilo rice administration drool with envy.
Crime and punishment
There’s one aspect of K-drama that makes them so enjoyable: even the rich and powerful are held accountable for wrongdoing and punished.
Finally, divorce?
Several of my childhood friends saw their families broken. They had a common reaction to their parents’ separation: sadness, but also relief. For children, the toxicity in a broken marriage turns the home into hell in a very small place.
Winds of change
Members of the Philippine National Police who are mindful of their career prospects should be following recent developments in Davao City.
Spy vs spy
For the younger generations, Spy vs. Spy is a comic strip in Mad magazine about espionage activities between two stereotypical Cold War-era “Black” and “White” spies.
Tit for tat
Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, the first national police chief under Rodrigo Duterte, conducts a Senate probe that revives stories about Ferdinand Marcos Jr. being a cocaine addict.
Simple living
Under the law prescribing norms of conduct, public officials and employees are supposed to observe “simple living.”