On September 20, 1519, his 260 sailors, chaplain, Asiatic guides/interpreters who used to be with the Portuguese fleet left Spain aboard 5 ships, flagship Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepcion, Victoria, and Santiago. Magellan expected some misunderstandings between him and the crew who were all Spaniards. He...
(An excerpt during the reflection night on St. Joseph by Rev. Fr. Wilfredo de Mesa Jr. OSJ, Parochial Vicar of Sanctuario de San Jose in Green Hills, Manila, via DXGN 89.9 Spirit FM-Davao, April 29, 2021. The Oblates of St. Joseph is a Congregation of...
Dear KNOT, Maayong adlaw. Ako si Roy, batan-on. Akoa lang nga ipaambit ang akong gamayng obserbasyon sa atong kahimtang karon taliwala ning pandemya. Ang among pamilya usa ka relihiyosong Katoliko. Kaniadto sa wala pa ang pandemya, kanunay nga naga simba matag Domingo ug nahilambigit sab sa mga...
On the evening of April 10, 2021 a Saturday, Davao City experienced heavy rains that resulted to street flooding not only in downtown areas but as well as to many parts of the city. Many are wondering why it happened considering that the city government...
Ang “Flores” usa ka termino sa Espanya nga nagpasabot og ‘mga bulak’ ug ang “Mayo” usa ka lokal nga termino alang sa ‘bulan sa Mayo’. Sa ato pa, ang literal nga pagsabot sa ‘Flores de Mayo’ mao ang ‘Mga Bulak sa Mayo’. Ang bulan sa...
Bishop Emeritus Patricio Hacbang Alo was born on December 2, 1939 in Cebu City. He was ordained priest by Cardinal Julio Rosales, then Archbishop of Cebu with Cardinal Rufino Santos, then Archbishop of Manila on March 14, 1964. After his doctorate in theology at the...
The travel and airline industries were hard hit by COVID-19. They hope that with the vaccines and the natural decreasing number of cases by September 2021 things will go back to normal. Because of the closedown, many tourist signs in English in Asia and Europe...
I was a judge from 1985 to 2006. In the early 1990s, a young man asked if I can solemnize his marriage at the Davao General Hospital (now the Southern Philippines Medical Center). He said his sick wife who was pregnant pleaded that they should...
In 2020, 3 regions raced to make the first covid vaccine. The first vaccine producer will rake in billions of dollars in profits even if only one out of eight people will buy it. The first vaccines were made by 2 US drug firms then...
10 years ago, I clipped an article which attracted me. During this COVID-19 season, I spent time looking at my files and I again saw this article. I am sharing it with everyone because it is very touching. One Solitary Life He was born in an obscure...