Is the school newspaper just taking notes of what happened around us? Merely a newsletter?
“A lie can travel halfway around the world, while the truth is putting on its shoes,” quote usually attributed to Mark Twain. Although, many are doubtful if the famous writer really uttered the quote, it’s one reason why this paradox proves its point.
This is another episode of things the Philippine government suggests to make already disturbing matters worse.
Idealism, if nothing else, provides the narrative arc in the lives of otherwise boring people.
The recruitment of student-athletes from one college to another is becoming an awful trend. The move has become very popular especially between two major leagues in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) where schools from one league, mostly the UAAP, lure and recruit players from the NCAA.
Weeks have already passed. The country has lost countless numbers of brave soldiers and innocent civilians already. Social media sites are now polluted by unhealthy arguments and unsubstantial reasoning. Yet, the Battle of Marawi, provided with "logistics and intelligence" of the United States, unfortunately, is still ongoing.
“Just bomb my location, Sir.”
Leave the unlimited rice promo alone.
If I earned a dollar for every discourse existing under a suspicious article there is on the internet, heaven forbids but my face would be on Forbes magazine for 12 consecutive issues.
As a child, I was often hostage to my mother’s whims. To put it simply, this meant no matter how comical or aggravating her wishes, the woman’s word would come as final edict. When I was 12-years-old, she made the decision, in the noble pursuit of culture and the arts, to buy me my first serious novel and make me read it in its entirety—my protestations notwithstanding.