The canonization of Saints John Paul II and John XXIII is now over but still, it gives me the shivers and goose pimples (“kilig”, in our lingo) up to now and this will linger on indefinitely. One very real feeling that will not go away...
The public is misled! We are misled by the media line that the Reproductive Health Law (RA 10354) is declared constitutional and the Church’s anti-RH campaign lost. Many may not realize this but the Supreme Court in “approving” the RH law actually GAVE DUE COURSE to...
EASTER SUNDAY --- Christ is risen! It is the ultimate fulfilment of our Christianity. HALLELUIAH! I talked to some friends who told me the Holy Week was another occasion for "battery re-charging" of the spirit and of the faith. Yes, we sometimes experience "low batt" in spirit. Our...
EASTER SUNDAY --- Christ is risen! It is the ultimate fulfilment of our Christianity. HALLELUIAH! I talked to some friends who told me the Holy Week was another occasion for "battery re-charging" of the spirit and of the faith. Yes, we sometimes experience "low batt" in spirit. Our...
I have a Lenten story to tell. When I was a small kid in barrio Guihing in Davao del Sur, Lent or “mahal nga adlaw” by tradition was observed in the strictest way by our family as passed on from generation to generation. For example, ...
RADIO REVIVAL --- Plans are underway for the revival of the archdiocese’s radio station DXGN back “on the air”. Fr. Ritchie Gamaya and his team met with the ACCLAIM members and next week they will present the plan to all priests during a presbyterium. Ms....
POWER --- During a forum called by the Mindanao Business Council few days ago, it was a consensus that within the next two years, Mindanao’s power situation will not improve, but will worsen. Watch the coming summer months when Lake Lanao water recedes. @@@@ TIAMSON ARREST ---...
The mystery why that Malaysian Airways plane just suddenly disappeared from the trackers’ radar screen may never be known soon. The difficult part is how to deal with the anxious, frantic and already angry relatives of those missing passengers. I recall when I was crisis...
I will be in Yangon, capital of Myanmar (Burma) this weekend. I will be attending an international media conference there representing the Philippine Press Institute. This is interesting because the country is widely regarded as still represssive and a bit...
“The industry needs a new and better approach to the Church,” says Professor Mario Cedron, ‘The visit of a delegation of mining executives to the Vatican last September is a start.” In a presentation to the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Wednesday, Professor Mario Cedron...
