TWO months into the pandemic lockdown and three months after my mother died at age 95 after being bedridden for a while, I was in desperate…
I was sitting in the garden of the Cenacle Retreat House in Quezon City that December 24, 2015, waiting for Christmas Eve mass to begin at…
“Christmas is a ritual but at the same time, beyond the rituals, Christmas this year will need the feeling of joy that faith could bring…
As Filipinos found comfort in K-Drama during this pandemic, one actor took the extra mile to partner with Korean Cultural Center in the…
“Character is destiny,” a quote attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, implies that destiny is not a predetermined…
INTRODUCTION. It was before eight in the morning in a hotel in Zurich. I was in the elevator on my way down to the ground floor for…
Let’s talk about parenting. Actually, let’s talk about liberal parenting. If you are any kind of conservative parent, particularly one…
I LOST my 95-year-old mother last February 29 after a few years of being in charge of her care, and some three months of critical care in…
When I was around 10 years old, I tried to kill myself with all the compounds marked poisonous in the chemistry set that I owned. I mixed…
Conrad Virina’s wide, boyish grin became a thing of the past following the stroke he suffered in 2018. Yet, he has remained expressive…
