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Public opinion has been divided over the President’s announcement in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) that he wants a mandatory military training for senior high school students. He included the proposed initiative among the priority items in his legislative agend
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL
“How does it feel to get older?”
That was the question a number of friends and peers in the local government sector asked me a few days ago as I celebrated another birthday last week. They said they wanted to know how it felt for me to be getting closer to the half-century m
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Is “loving” the same as “being in love”?
Do we really love “from the bottom of our heart”?
I have been asked these questions many times. On the eve of Valentine’s Day, let me share how I would answer them.
Our first understanding of love is that it is a “sensation.” We le
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Dr. Jun Ynares A young aspiring politician approached me a few weeks ago to ask me how to “campaign”. One of his questions struck me. He asked, “What’s the best way to hit my opponent?” I asked back, “What do you mean by ‘hit’?” He explained: “How do I tell people things abo
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL
Dr. Jun Ynares For a brief moment at the start of the year, the hashtag “2020, too” went viral in social media. The phrase apparently referred to the view of many that the year 2022 would be a repeat of the 2020 – a particularly difficult period. It will be recalled that in