This Holy Week, many Filipino Catholics would attend religious activities like processions, pilgrimages, and Visita Iglesia. Here are some tips on how to have a hassle-free and safe pilgrimage for everyone to have a reflection-filled and meaningful Holy Week. Don’t bring valuables. Avoid wearing flashy jewelry and bringing unnecessary gadgets…

  Here is a picture of something scary and dangerous: a guard sleeping. If he is on duty, the guard is breaking all the 11 general orders of a sentinel. He is sleeping and not doing his job. This picture, no matter how humorous it may be, is something to…

I am writing this piece as an ordinary woman. I am sharing my views as an ordinary mother. I am no ‘noted psychologist’ neither am I a celebrity mother with endorsements left and right. But I believe that everyone is entitled to his/ her opinion; I want mine to be…

The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Engineering has conducted another earthquake drill last March 14, 2013. But unlike the first drill last September 2012, things did not exactly go as scripted. The latest drill was larger and spanned three buildings namely the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, Department…

Fires in particular and safety in general usually become favorite topics during the summer months. It is for good reason as fires tend to break out more often owing to the dryness and heat of summer. The break-outs are in themselves ironic as they coincide with the public’s enjoyment of…

A security guard shot to death a woman who he had claimed extorted money from him. Killed on the spot at the Philtranco bus terminal on EDSA corner Banahaw in Cubao yesterday was a woman bearing a fake ID with the name of “Christine Tugade”, supposedly a commission officer with…