Call it a classic case of good intentions paving the road to hell. The “rescue” last week of overseas Filipino workers allegedly being abused by their employers in Kuwait was certainly well-intentioned, with the Department of Foreign Affairs trumpeting that as many as “26 Filipino domestic helpers who sent out cries for help [have been] found and rescued since April 7.” So why did Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano wind up with egg on his face, abjectly apologizing
Most of us find it difficult to wake up, and are awakened, not by our willpower, but by the obstinacy of the alarms that keep buzzing even after we have put them on “snooze” several times. “The average sleep is 15 minutes more,” read an old quip from Readers’ Digest,
