“You can’t dull hunger by painting rice cakes,” says an Asian proverb. That fits the new…
Juan L. Mercado
Juan L. Mercado
Juan L. Mercado is a columnist for Philippine Daily Inquirer and Cebu Daily News. He writes a Sunday column for Sun-Star Cebu and its syndicated members, Bohol Chronicle and other community papers. He started his career in journalism in early 1950s and served as correspondent for foreign publications including London’s Financial Times and Honolulu-Star Bulletin. Mercado became the Philippine Press Institute’s founding-director. He also edited DEPTHNews, published by the Magsaysay Award-winning Press Foundation of Asia. Following the “People Power Uprising,” and after 19 years of United Nations service, Mercado returned to the Philippines to resume journalism work. He was cited for excellence in opinion writing by Society of Publishers in Asia. In 2005 and 2007, he received the “best columnist award” from the Catholic Archdiocesan Commission for Mass Media.
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His name doesn’t ring a bell for many here. Friends scratch their heads and mutter:.. “Kishore –…
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“Eradication of poverty is not just about getting to zero”, explains United Nations Development Program administrator…
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“MARNURSURO TI tunggal kaaruba,” an Ilocano proverb says. “Each neighbor is a teacher.” Next-door Indonesia provided…
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Are we being set up for another in the unending series of farces that bedeviled the…
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It didn’t make waves as the 1986 Catholic Bishop’s Conference pastoral letter did by denouncing the…
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“Sometimes things could be right under your nose. The only problem is your eyes are above…
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Many of us are fixated by the “wheelchair syndrome” that causes those involved in the Priority…
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“Grow old along with me / The best is yet to be,” Rabbi ben Ezra says…
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“There are only two families in the world,” mused “Don Quijote” author Miguel de Cervantes. “The…