THE rescue of a 17-year-old girl at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, intercepted while attempting to leave the country with a fake passport to work as a household service worker in Saudi Arabia, is both a warning and a reassurance. A warning that human trafficking syndicates remain relentless in exploiting poverty, desperation, and dreams of a better life; and a reassurance that the government’s campaign against human trafficking is active, coordinated, and increasingl

Yes, Mrs. Padilla. We don’t deserve him. All the Filipino people, all together now, WE DON’T DESERVE HIM! Never has a disagreeable sentiment been faced with a loud agreement. The premise is that the Filipino people should deserve Robinhood Padilla as a senator. (Just the fact that he prefers to be called “Robinhood” makes me cringe. Joseph Estrada lobbied for “Erap” and “Estrada” to be accepted in the ballots. Bong Revilla retained his screen name over the name, Jose Mar

How online investment fraud exposes gaps in consumer protection A close friend recently told me something she is still trying to understand herself. She believes she fell victim to a cyber-enabled investment scam—one that did not begin with obvious red flags and never felt reckless. When she first shared her story, my instinctive reaction was disbelief. She is educated, careful, financially literate—the kind of person who reads the fine print. How could this happen to her? Th

Parte kan memoria ko ang Igualdad, digdi sa Ciudad nin Naga ta iyo ini ang gusto kong pirming dumanan kan ako nagkamalay hasta first year high school ako. Bilang matuang makuapo namate ko ang pag-padangat asin pag-asikaso ni Lolo Erning saka ni Lola Ludy asin ang sakong mga tiyoon asin tiyaon. Garo baga may “special treatment” o privilegio ang mga enot na makuapo. Ang mga bagay natadom asin nalawig sa memoria kang tao kung ini nagdara nin kaogmahan o malaen na experiencia. Af

Dai nanggad matatawaran ang kontribusyon ni Nora Aunor sa linya nin musika asin pelikula ninhuli ta kadakol siyang napaogma arog ni Lola Vinyeng na sarong avid noranian. Si Nora Aunor na an tunay na apelyido Montemayor tubong Ciudad Nin Iriga, naging sikat na artista asin singer sa Pilipinas kaidtong dekada 70. Si Nora Aunor nabisto sa mga amateur kan siya pirmeng nanggagana sa karantahan sa Plaza Quezon asin nagkampeon sa interong pilipinas ninhuli sa magayon niyang boses

Atty. Paolo Tolentino Pananagutan kan seller sa depektibong sasakyan Atty., nag-loan po ako para sa downpayment kan mga sasakyan asin tolos ko tinao an ₱500,000 sa seller. Base po sa napagkasunduan mi, kukuahon ko an tulo (3) na units paagi sa financing. Kan kinua ko po an mga units, nagluwas po na depektibo an kada saro. An enot po may raot sa makina asin transmission kaya kaipohan ibalik. An ikaduwa po may problema man sa makina, asin sinabihan ako na papalitan daa an mga p

Tigsik ko ining si Lolo Kiko Naghanggilid sa dalan na tiko Nakaaging doot na langubo Pig-ib-ib, an sipon nagnorono'! Tigsik ko si Junjun na sobrang hisdol Dae mo madakop, sigeng kibolkibol Sa daeng ontok na pausol-usol Nagdirigay, an hinangos putolputol! Tigsik ko an mapungaw na viuda An hapot sa sadiri kada aga - Haen na an ika-duwang Gloria? Nakatangad, pirawpitaw kan mata! Tigsik ko man an Kastilang burara Tinakma an tilapiang mataba Napahalnas sa minama' kan Agta Sa ka'ka

Ni: Ryan Mostar Sa Pilipinas, kun di ka maingat sa pag-drive, puwede ini maging krimen na Reckless Imprudence (Art. 365, Revised Penal Code), maski dai mo sinadya na makakulog ka nin iba. Kun kotse lang an nadanyos, mabayad ka; kun may nakulugan, puwede ka makulong asin magbayad; kun may nagadan, mas dakula an posibilidad na makulong ka. Puwede ka mag-post nin bail, ta an batas (Art.365) nagtututok sa dai mo pag-ingat, bako sa intensyon na makakulog. An hapot kan batas, “Nag

Tigsik ko kun an mga tawo naagi nin pagtios, Kun minsan pigtutuyo iyan kan satong Diyos. Ta kun marhay an buhay lingaw nang dagos, Alagad kun nagsasakit, nakakarumdom tulos. Tigsik ko, pagirumdom sa mga kababayihan, Maglikay sa mga manyakis na kalalakihan. Dai magsulot nin malaen na mga kasulutan, Na bako kamo an magin dahilan nin kasalan. Tigsik ko ining bagyo na maabot na naman, Na iyo naman pighaharaditan kan kadaklan. Mga buhay, pagsasadiri pwede madanyaran, Nin huli sa

Two hundred days beneath the troubled waters of Taal Lake is not just a statistic—it is a measure of resolve. As the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) marked the 200th day of its diving operations in search of the missing sabungeros, the recovery of three bags of suspected human remains in Laurel, Batangas underscored both the gravity of the case and the painful hope carried by families who have waited for answers since 2021. Each descent into the lake’s cold, dark, and low-visibi

Maybe, I still have some thoughts; or maybe I just can’t think of anything else to write about. Yes, it was irregular to fix the roads when the DPWH Secretary would be going on a road trip on it. Yes, it is quite unnecessary for the national department head himself to conduct an ocular inspection to directly experience actual conditions to be able to make decisions on projects (as if, he had no leaders on the lower levels). But on the other hand, privilege speeches on a gi

Last week, a friend from Pingxiang, China—an engineer and renewable energy expert—visited the Mariners campuses to share insights on solar power as a practical and scalable energy solution. A month earlier, a delegation from Denmark introduced plans for an ocean-based wind farm envisioned for the coastal towns of Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte. These visits, coming from opposite sides of the globe, point to one reality: Camarines Sur is increasingly on the map of the globa

Time may look like a simple idea on the surface, but the way people experience and interpret time is deeply cultural. Understanding how people from different cultures view time will shape how we relate to one another. Such awareness reduces the risk of falling into ethnocentrism, the belief that one’s own cultural perspective is inherently superior to the rest. We, Filipinos, are often criticized for our tendency to arrive late when attending social functions. I am not even g

Sa modernong panahon ta ngonian, siisay pa saindo ang nagdadangog sa radio? Mga estacion sa AM saka FM? Ang satong mga paratanom, istoria ninda sakuya, nadangog sinda sa transistor na dara ninda sa tahaw kan uma. Tanda ko si mga naenot na model nin cellphone, keypad man o touch screen igua pa nin built-in na FM radio. Ngonian garo nagdidikit na ang igua nin cellphone na may radio. Ang teknolohiya garo man clima, “weather weather lang” man. Nasa AI Era na kita, baad mag-abot

Dai nanggad malikayan ni Announcer Rene Orillosa kan Radyo Kafuerte ang mapaturo an luha kun saiyang nagigiromdoman ang maogmang buhay sa Boarding House sa Naga. Iyo ini an mga pig dadagusan kan mga estudyante na mayong harong sa Naga ta sinda hale pa sa man iba ibang banwaan sa Camarines Sur asin sa ibang provincia kan Bicol. Sigun ki Rene, ibang iba kaidto ang saindang buhay na nagtapos sa pag escuela sa College na namatean ang buhay sa boarding house. Kaya kadakol kaidton