EXPLAINING Time magazine’s choice of Angela Merkel as Person of the Year, writer Nancy Gibbs describes the German leader’s steadfastness and tenacity amid unpopular issues: “Leaders are tested only when people don’t want to follow.”
Philippine Daily Inquirer board chair Marixi Prieto described the newspaper’s 30th anniversary as “like celebrating 300 years.”
I had just started commuting in Metro Manila when, like a bad dream, I found myself naked...
The traffic in Metro Manila has gotten so bad that some have likened their journey from Makati to Mall of Asia to a flight to Singapore. In fact, flying to Singapore could take less time, in some circumstances.
Last Wednesday we observed Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40 days of Lent. It was inspiring to see churches full for the Masses and, as one evening newscast reported, a lot of young people filled the churches.