The world’s 3 biggest banana producers are U.S firms: 1.United Brand (Fruit), 2. Standard Fruit, 3. Del Monte. In the 60s, they saw the markets being saturated, 1. African “saging” to Europe, 2. Central America (Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, etc.) to U.S. The biggest virgin...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. in his Homily during the Feast of St. Josemaria Escriva at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, June 25, 2025.) I would like to thank the Opus Dei Community for requesting and I am happy that you would...
As the Philippine landscape witnesses the dawn of a new chapter both in civic governance and ecclesial leadership we find ourselves standing at a crossroad, not with uncertainty, but with renewed hope. Across the nation and within our very own Archdiocese of Davao, new faces...
THAT gospel episode where Christ appointed 72 other disciples and sent them to places where Christ intended to visit (cfr. Lk 10,1-12.17-20) reminds us that if we too consider ourselves as disciples of Christ, we should also realize that this commissioning is also addressed to...
THIS is the lesson we can draw from that gospel episode where some Pharisees told Christ’s disciples: “Why does your master eat with publicans and sinners?” (Mt 9,11) To which Christ responded: “They who are healthy need not a physician, but they who are ill.” He...
TO be blunt about it, what we can learn from him is to realize that it is faith more than our human and natural sciences that can lead us and explain to us the full reality that are beyond our natural world and our human...
TO be sure, true friendship is not just a matter of enjoying each other’s company, sharing things in common or just having a good time. All of these are presumed in friendship. But a friend through and through would go much farther than that, since...
THAT gospel episode about Christ’s disciples experiencing a terrible tempest at sea while Christ was simply sleeping in one corner of the boat (cfr. Mt 8,23-27) should remind us that while we cannot help but be filled with fear and worries when all kinds of...
IF we really know what the real and ultimate purpose of our life here on earth is, for sure we would do everything to organize our life in such a way that all the elements involved would work together to pursue that purpose. This is what...
(An excerpt of the Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles D.D. During Corpus Christi Sunday and Sending Forth of the IIREF Graduates at San Pedro Cathedral Parish, June 22, 2025.) Every Mass, either Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, it is always Corpus Christi. It is always a Feast...