Shifting Paradigms
Shifting Paradigms
The news has been distressing for the last few weeks since October 7, 2023 when Hamas attacked Israelis killing many of them and taking some as hostages. The Israeli government in turn attacked the Palestinians in what they call their…
In a recent TED Talk in New York, Attorney Jing Corpuz, a member of the Kankana-ey people of the Cordilleras in the Philippines said “reciprocity, spirituality, not taking more than you need, obligation to future generations and collective decision making,…
Tree Planting at Uyugan, Batanes Growing up in Batanes, I learned to love the bounties of nature. Fruit-bearing trees surround our Lolo’s house — a guava tree that regularly bears fruit, a mabolo tree, an orange tree, pomelo, tropical…
Silver Linings: The Continuing Saga of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution book is very engaging because it impacts our lives directly and indirectly. Without the bravery of these men and women who stood up to a dictator, we might…
Tax collection – the Dept of Finance (DOF) is one of the most important units in the government because this is the unit that collects taxes which is then used to fund government projects and operations. Yet DOF has two…
March 11, 2020 – the World Health Organization declares COVID19 a pandemic. With the thousands of news flooding the world, it is hard to differentiate factual news from the misinformation coming both from social media and sensationalized news coming from…
How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Potential In the 2015 SEA Games, Agatha Wong competed in Wushu. She finished second from the last place. I’m sure she was dissapointed with that. However, in an interview recently, she said “That…
Water and Politics Last December 3, 2019, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte accused the owners of Maynilad and Manila Water of ‘syndicated estafa’ because of what he claims as ‘onerous’ provisions in the concession agreement signed by the two companies with the…
The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a totally engaging book about how the computer age came about – the inventors,…
Reason: cable supplying our house had too many splices. This is an on-going issue I have with my current internet provider — Globe. Since Aug 10, 2019, our internet service has been on-and-off several times a day. My work is…