I see a rising trend in our society of generalized hopelessness. From disengagement from politics because our vote never changes anything, to self-neglect and self-destructive behaviors because we feel that nothing we do makes a difference and nothing in our lives matter. It even leads...
Results and effects. The Paris Agreement which tackled what the nations could do to slowdown rising temperature stated that the temperature should not go beyond a 2-degree Celsius increase compared to pre-industrial level in fact it sets its goal to a 1.5 degree Celsius. Listening...
Roughly eight kilometers from the city center, Tigatto used to be a Moro enclave as much as all other precolonial waterways around the gulf of Davao were. During the Spanish period, after it was reduced and turned into a Christian village, it hosted a number...
Dear Ate Emz, My name is Jelai teenager pa po ako. 19 and soon will be turning 20. Anyway. Just an observation sa mga issues lately about hiwalayan. A lot of teenagers are affected and I don’t get it as if they are a part of these...
God saw all what he had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1: 31) Init kayo! Kulba, baha naman! Ha? Nag landslide? Wildfire naman sa California, sa Benguet? Walang ani tungud sa El Nino ug La Nina! Daghang isdang namatay! Ano? Nagabagyo na ang Davao? Situationer. These are the events which we...
The word “hope” is actually mentioned very rarely in the bible compared to things and concepts like love and faith. In all translation and versions, it's only mentioned one hundred plus times, not more than two hundred. Despite this, hope is one of significant and...
[gallery link="file" size="full" ids="48530,48531,48532,48533"] Every 25 years, we celebrate the Jubilee Year. This "Jubilee of Hope," with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope” encourages all of us to fill our lives with the gift of hope—not only for ourselves, but also for everyone who is seeking it. We,...
Until the arrival of the Jesuits in 1868, Christianization of areas north of the gulf of Davao was inexistent. Earlier, the Recollects penetrated regions in the eastern seaboard of Davao, but their efforts to convert indigenous tribes and Moros to the faith were limited. The first...
Organized in 1988, the National Movement for Free elections (NAMFREL), a Church-led initiative formed to expose any form of pressure and cheating in every nationwide Philippine political exercise, was not among the first to discover that fraudulent polls have long been allowed to prosper with...
Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and terrestrial sightings associated with ethereal events and celestial phenomena are a global subject that has drawn attention from the most conservative scientific community. Testimonies of alien abductions, sightings of flying machines, and reports of contact with strangers from the otherworld...