Pope Francis “can be reached” directly and immediately by netizens or ordinary folks in the internet because he has joined the social media through internet’s Twitter at Facebook. Go follow him at www.ThePopeTweets.com. The Holy Father is sharing his regular thoughts so that all peoples of...
About 55 years ago, three (3) young and pinkish-faced Canadian missionaries (Brother Elric, Brother Conrad and Brother William) belonging to the Brothers of the Sacred Heart congregation flew from across the globe and arrived in Digos, then a small town 60 kilometers south of Davao...
NEW WORD --- There ‘s a new word added to the dictionary lately: “vhong”. Using it in a sentence: “Careful. Baka ma Vhong ka!” hahaha! ---- TEMPTATION --- The classic incident of Vhong Navarro being allegedly tempted or enticed into the condo of Denise Cornejo should now...
A few days ago, I had a two-hour chat with former President Arroyo in her hospital room at the Veterans Memorial hospital in Quezon City. Unfortunately, I cannot write about what we talked about considering that she is not allowed, under her detention rules, to...
Our new "Prince of the Church" and soon-to-be cardinal from Mindanao, Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, OMI is a local homegrown boy, who in his early years in order to earn, was selling newspapers of MINDANAO CROSS, a weekly published by the Oblate Missionaries in Cotabato....
We ( and that includes “ME” ) applaud and feel good hearing that a drug pusher or a robber or a trouble-maker gets killed or gunned down. “Good for him, he deserves it”, expressed in ways like “karma, “dapat lang”, tama gyud”, “maayo ra...
DIGOS CITY --- It was in 1963, half a century ago, when our high school class graduated from the Holy Cross, boys department. Digos then was just a small outback town in the south. Ours was the first batch of graduates under the...
I read somewhere what our new “Santo Papa” said when asked about his views on the controversial issues on gay marriage and homosexuality. He simply shot back and said: “Who I am to judge?” This was a refreshing surprise to...
ST FRANCIS ASSISSI -- Before the crack of dawn last Monday, the first “Simbang Gabi”, and just before 4 a.m., Fr. Emmanuel “Bong” Gonzaga, parish priest at Maa, Davao City led in the public countdown for the “switch on” of the church’s...
Sen. Ping Lacson is putting his neck in the chopping block by accepting the task of being “Yolanda” rehab czar. If you ask me, the work is herculean in that by the end of the Aquino administration the rehab efforts...
