Mariculture in the West Phillippines Sea

Analysis and Opinion By Juana Pilipinas Despite being an archipelagic country with one of the world’s longest coastlines (36,289 km) and total territorial water area of 2.2M km, the Philippines (PH) has been suffering from fish shortage. About 60 percent of PH provinces and towns are near the coast and home to approximately 2 million … Continue reading

Reflections After Shogun

by Irineo B. R. Salazar Rudyard Kipling once said that East and West would never meet. They do meet in Shogun(2024) and the real-life equivalent of John Blackthorne was William Adams (not AFAM) and though he probably wasn’t as important to Ieyasu Tokugawa aka Toranaga as in the series, he had a significant role with … Continue reading

Learning from SB19do

by Irineo Salazar Prof. Xiao Chua recently posted that he could see Pablo, the leader of SB19, as a potential future President of the Philippines. I do see as well how Pablo sees things strategically and how he thinks out of the box. Prof. Xiao sees Pablo’s drive to make Filipino music worldclass but based … Continue reading

INSTEAD OF OVERHAULING GILAS, OVERHAUL YOUR PRIORITIES

by Andrew Lim Straight to the point: what the heck are we doing in a sport that favors height? The basket is 10 ft high and can be accessed vertically or diagonally, both conferring advantage on the bigger team. Skills, speed, stamina play a role but all things equal, the taller one prevails. Filipino fans are quick … Continue reading

Is Filipino Music Going International?

Bing Image Creator: golden musical notes, stars and a huge suspension bridge against a blue sky at dawn in 2010s record cover style Filipinos have performed as musicians internationally at least since the 19th century. Soledad’s Sister, the novel, has the KTV bar singer Rory hoping to perform in Saipan. There are by now regular … Continue reading