Almost nine decades since the Philippines first commemorated National Heroes Day in 1931, there has been no formal designation as to which heroes do belong to the venerated pantheon for every generation to honor and emulate. A National Heroes Committee created in 1993 proposed that Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo del Pilar, Juan Luna, Melchora Aquino, Gabriela Silang and Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat be officially proclaimed as the country’s national heroes. But the proposal
I don’t remember any other period in recent memory when actual events showing the impact of environmental destruction and climate change have been as alarming as this year. In the past, mere projections on the potential consequences of global warming made some of us anxious about the future. This time,
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