Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It is the time of the year where people starts to prepare for the the yuletide season. It is also a Christian season of preparation and anticipation for the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. In the Catholic...
[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="49906,49907,49908"] More than 60 student-writers from Teresian Daughters of Mary (TDM) managed schools together with their campus paper moderators attended the 1st Campus Journalism Exposition. The campus journ expo was organized by the Holy Cross College of Sasa, Inc. The aim of the...
When my mother, Roberta Nuera, went to heaven on February 25, 2025 at the age of 84, I was totally devastated. I was engulfed with deep sorrow that I almost took my own life. For more than three months I isolated myself from the world....
Now that it’s November families are coming to gather to honor their loved ones who have passed, visiting cemeteries to tidy gravesites and repaint tombstones in loving remembrance. Offering prayers, sharing food, and coming together to commemorate the departed has become a deeply cherished Catholic...
Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. argued that the Filipino is worth dying for because he believed that the Filipino is the nation’s greatest untapped resource. The Filipino adapts until his patience runs out, taking up arms only when all other means are exhausted. I believe the Filipino...
How time flies! The first time I joined in the fiesta of Sta. Ana Parish was in 1983, and I was only 16 years old at that time. Together with some charismatic youth, we presented a dance number to the tune of Flashdance in the...
I was first a writer before I became a teacher. Both are my passions in life. But I know that I belong more in the classroom than in a newsroom. That is why I left writing after more than a year in a regular newsroom...
I was one of the few parish coordinators who created and designed the first LCCP in 2008 which was held in SOS Bajada. Fr. Joel Caasi was our ALC director. Back then, LCCP stood for Lectors, Commentators, Cantors, and Psalmists. Ate Elena Cunanan of St....
[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="43466,43467,43468,43469"] The biggest gathering in the history of Lectors, Commentators, Choir members, and Psalmists or LCCP convened on March 2, 2024 was held at the REMASE gym. The reason behind the big number of attendance of almost 3000 delegates was due to the...
In celebration of the Women’s Month and Fire Prevention Month, let me share the stories of women who were able to niche their place in firefighting especially the now-familiar all women fire stations. First, is Molly Williams. She is known to be the first female fighter...