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Yesterday when I was young

CHERISHED memories flow when I think of yesterday when I was young. Joy intermingled with laughter, sometimes tears, go streaming in the array of emotions –...

‘Fly me to the moon …’

LONG before Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, along with many other songsters, have endeared us with their titillating voice, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) said it with finality: “The...

Exceed your grasp

SHORT and simple encouragement to my granddaughter Danika when I bade her goodbye: Exceed your grasp. Shewas on her way to the renowned College of...

Honor. Respect. Devotion to Duty.

IT WAS my second cup of coffee for the day, and I used a new mug with the above title of this column, inscribed in huge...

Be the Change

I YIELD my space to my daughter Rose Penelope L. Yee who is the Chief Executive Officer of Green Retirement, Inc., a certified B Corporation. Green Retirement is a financial...

NEVER AGAIN!

THE Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation recognizes Rodolfo Gedang Lagoc as Hero in the struggle against the martial law dictatorship and hereby honors by engraving his...

A Moment in History

MONUMENTAL defines a page in the history of my family. On Nov. 30, 2019, National Heroes Day, I and my daughter Rose Penelope Lagoc-Yee were on...

The ‘greatest creed’

‘THE COMMON GOOD’ by Robert B. Reich is a medium-sized book that you can leaf-through in thirty minutes, yet fully absorb the essence of it —...

Are you a liberal?

FIRST and foremost, no political affiliation is referred to in this column. No Liberal Party nor Nacionalista Party. Nevertheless, being the activist that I am, I...

‘The Sun Also Rises’

FROM the mirage of seemingly interminable school years, novels after novels were read for pleasure as well as for maintaining a summary cum review...