Category Archives: Opinion

VIOLENCE -- Pope Francis said that equating Islam with violence is WRONG. But to help dispel this stereotype, he called on Muslims to issue a global condemnation of terrorism. Locally, this call can be directed at some Islamists who tend to remain quiet --or even...

For the young political activists of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the word ‘conscientization’ referred to the process of touching people’s personal conscience through systematic ‘teach-in’ sessions towards concrete action. The vigorous efforts at these nightly and usually secret activities were massively carried out...

A few days ago, Davaoenos did an impromptu but fitting tribute to the late Sen. Vicente “Ting” Paterno whose cremated ashes were flown to the city. He served distinctively Mindanao while both in the public and private sectors. What is interesting to note is that...