By 2040, the world’s population will be 8 billion while the population is increasing, the areas good for farming, safe drinking water and the minerals which can be used as fertilizers has not increased. El Niño and La Niña has compounded the problem. Some still do not...
Through Republic Act No. 10923 the barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections supposedly held in October 2016 was postponed in October 23, 2017. The postponement was due to “election fatigue” because the national election was just held few months earlier (May 9, 2016). Last May of this...
We are all familiar with stage moms and dads, helicopter moms, and CCTV dads. Now, given the increasing state of parenting paranoia, there are drone moms and dads. Drone parents possess a much more precise and real-time surveillance over their children. Drones, unlike helicopters, can fly...
Ang unang yanong pagtuman ni Maria sa pulong sa Ginoo sumala sa giingon sa manolonda nga si Arkanghel Gabriel, usa ka dakong timaan sa pagkunsad sa “intimate” nga relasyon sa “Pulong” ug ni Maria. Kini gipasabot sa kapistahan sa Our Lady of Mt. Carmel niadtong Hulyo...
Samtang nagpadayon pa ang gubat sa Marawi, ang mga kaobispohan sa Pilipinas miingon, "nagtiyabaw ang atong mga kasingkasing sa pag-ingon: 'Dili na unta mahitabo pag-usab ang gubat sa Marawi. Wagtangon na dayon ang gubat sa Marawi. Busa kami nagaawhag sa pagpabalik sa labing madaling panahon...
The above advice of Jesus to Martha also applies to us today amidst the secularistic hustle and bustle of events that seduce one’s attention and threaten forgetfulness of the “better portion” that Mary of Bethany chose in comparison to her busy and upset sister. The...
This was the strong cry of the victims of the ongoing Marawi Crisis, according to my Maranao Muslim Ulama partners in the Bishops-Ulama Conference (BUC). They attended the Bangon Marawi Multisectoral Peace Conference which I as BUC chairman convened in Cagayan de Oro in collaboration...
“LET them grow together until harvest.” That was the answer of the master in one of the parables about the kingdom of heaven. (cfr Mt 13,24-43) He was telling the servants to let the weeds sown by his enemy to grow together with the wheat....
“In the Carmelite liturgy for the feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel we contemplate Our Lady as being ‘near the Cross of Christ.’ This is also the place where one finds the Church: near to Christ.” These words of Pope Francis he once addressed to...
House Speaker and Davao del Norte Representative, Pantaleon Alvarez, is suggesting for the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao for another five years or until the term of office of President Duterte ends in 2022. The Philippine Constitution does not provide for the length of time...