Chasing Happy by Adelle Chua
A ‘Recto’ mentality
There is Recto the man, Recto the family, Recto the thoroughfare and Recto the metaphor for fake academic claims. There...
A stage mom’s guide to the prom
First, tell yourself that you have to keep it together. If you fail to handle this well, you will alienate...
Headless commissions
The Aquino administration has been so busy firefighting these days and the nation has been so preoccupied watching it. Often...
The art of losing
Alice is a 50-year-old linguistics professor at Columbia University. She has a loving husband, another academician, John. They have three...
See no evil
I watched, but I didn’t share. The world isn’t perfect. In fact, it could be difficult, hostile place. Barbarity occurs....
Stoned
My eldest daughter, 20-year-old Beatrice, was rushed to the ER Sunday night for severe upper abdominal pain. Tests revealed stones...
The change agenda
Yesterday I wrote about the Integrity Enhancement Program of the Philippine National Police, and how the Integrity Pledge by personnel...
Integrity in the PNP
This was the plan. For the 24th founding anniversary of the Philippine National Police on January 26, there would be...
The empathetic leader
Corporate and academic research point to the emergence of a leadership trait—intangible and often overlooked —responsible for the success of...
It’s not about you, sir
Many people have suggested the President fire his speechwriter for the series of bungled addresses in the past few weeks....
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