Speaking with a group of business majors (in Starbucks, heaven forbid) last week, I asked them about their recently concluded internships, and broached the idea of working for government in their next internship. I received sardonic laughter and sour faces. “Why would you want to work for government?” one of them asked. He said that […]
On the afternoon of August 13, 2012, an actor gone senator delivered a speech that caused many politicians, media practitioners and Filipinos to cry out of pity and sympathy. The senator talked about the abortive side effects of contraceptive pills, which, among other family planning options, would be available to the general public once, if […]
On a rainy day last August, I went to NAIA to go back home to my province. As I would always do, I took a cab, where I met Romy, a man in his late 40s, who has been driving his taxi for 12 years. He speaks very good English, and decided to addresses me […]
by Kenn Ante Transportation is essential to daily tasks. Every day, transportation plays a big role, and more often than we would like to admit, we are dependent on transportation. Every day, students go to school; people work or take a vacation; or even visit relatives in the province. Let’s face it; we are dependent […]
After the nation’s bereavement at the loss of a great civil servant in former Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, the public had been bombarded by tales of the humble mayor and his revolutionary deeds in Naga. More than a month later, the same could not be said for one of […]
Last July 28, 2012, Marc Andre Hervias Marcos’ son, Marc Andre Marcos, went missing. The family looked for him, and even called his phone the next day, but to no avail. In an attempt to contact Andre, Andre’s aunt, Atty. Mariemer Marcos-Rivera, called Globe Telecoms to contact the last person Andre called. A person answered […]
Mass demonstrations, social demonstrations are just some of the few fancy words for the more familiar term – rallies. As a photographer, I pride myself on capturing situations that would make people appreciate the event or that would strike their emotions as if they were there. Appreciation is just one thing, but many photographers do […]
No good deed goes unpunished. Tell that to the young man who braved filthy torrents of monsoon flood to help carry stranded people to safe ground and warm, well-lit establishments. After his services, not one of those he assisted offered to give him even a cup of hot coffee to stave away the cold and […]
Whoever said this line must have been crazy, and those who believe in this line are equally as crazy. Why? Bullies have taken over the world or at least the US. From the start of kindergarten bullying statistics in 2010 have shown that one out of seven children have a bully and as the student […]
Memes have been flying around social network sites in recent months. These fancy pictures that have one liner jokes are dominating websites all over the online world to the colorful world of sports. Perhaps very few if not the any could have imagined the impact memes would have when it started. The result of likes, […]