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Chance or calling?
I am on my third Men’s Discipleship Group where I facilitate a group of 10 to 15 men in studying the Bible as well as other teaching material meant to help men navigate life, relationships, family, ...
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Company-made floods
The hum of a front loader disrupted our quiet morning in Lipa. As I followed the noise, I found a front loader next door scraping off grass, weeds and vegetation on a 62-hectare new development.
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No ‘sleeping beauties’ allowed
People will frown at you; they will mock you and will often tell you go to bed earlier and not sleep on the job.
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Philstar.com on MSN9dOpinion
Lower your expectations
If, like me, you actually hoped, maybe even believed, that President Bongbong Marcos was capable of initiating change or creating results by sheer political will, it only proves that you are an ...
After reading about  my three days in the ICU, a good friend sent me this email to share her family’s catastrophic experience with a private hospital: ...
The first hint was the impact on airline travel and routes. When missiles start flying, airlines and pilots all try to get out of harm’s way. But in doing that, our wallets get harmed by higher ...
The front pages of the past few days have been peppered with articles about the “agad-agad” impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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The P1.4-billion question
Whatever happened to the offer of Bob Sobrepeña-CJHDevCo to “donate” the P1.4 billion due to them from the BCDA in exchange for the government to respect the “third party rights” of investor residents ...
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Philstar.com on MSN2dOpinion
How to catch a‘Big Fish’
Growing up in a time when ponds, creeks and canals were still clean, natural and somehow connected, one thing I learned was how to catch fish. As I think about it, the same can be done to catch a “Big ...
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Philstar.com on MSN16dOpinion
Reward – a bounty for scammers
Now more than ever before have I seen so many fake or scam ads on META/Facebook that were AI-generated faces and voices of the country’s top businessmen, as well as the President, being used to fool ...
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Philstar.com on MSN18dOpinion
Presence over response
We grew up being taught that “prevention is better than cure.” Unfortunately, in a world where “Reaction” is viewed as “Action,” those words of wisdom have all been forgotten. Consider, for instance, ...
For 12 days, the conflict between Iran on one side and Israel and the United States on the other side witnessed the use of ballistic missiles and drones raining on both Iran and Israel. When the ...