“Be a listening Church,” a professor of Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University, Mary Racelis, said on Sunday as she appealed to irate bishops to “listen to the laity who understand what the families and the women from the grassroots are going through.” Racelis was reacting to the adamant protests of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Published reports that install Justice Secretary Leila de Lima as the front-runner in the search for the replacement of convicted Chief Justice Renato Corona are not only overhype but also myopic choice. Even if the Judicial Bar Council (JBC) would include Secretary De Lima, my kababayan (region mate) from Bicol (she was born in Iriga… Read More »
Each and every year, the now becoming common sight of people on rooftops escaping rampaging floodwaters, queue of evacuees begging for relief and food is almost always a picture perfect poster for typhoon-prone Philippines. It’s more fun frolicking in floodwaters in the Philippines ! The latest August 6,2012 great deluge that inundated the Manila Metropolis, Central Luzon and… Read More »
MANILA It rained non-stop on the first week of August here, resulting in 60 deaths and 2.5 million people affected by flooding. This capital city and 16 provinces took the brunt of destruction. Rains from the southwest monsoon, made more savage by tropical storm Haikui (local name: Gener), came down without let-up and within 22 hours the heavens… Read More »
At the lobby of a hospital a huge sign in bold reads: “All procedures performed at this hospital are of the staff only. This hospital and its owners are not liable for any error or death that would happen as a result of any procedure done by our staff in this hospital. Whatever our staff do, doctors included,… Read More »
Many know God. They can explain almost everything about Him based on the Bible and learning from others. But only a few have experienced the true God in the real sense of His existence in our life. AVV712 People know God in many ways. Actually, He is the center of debate of most Christian sect and non-Christian religion.… Read More »
China is becoming more and more aggressive, and is obviously going to use its full economic and military might to press its claim on the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea. It’s hard to believe that the Chinese frigate that ran aground on the Hasa-Hasa shoal just 65 nautical miles west of the Palawan island town of… Read More »
President Benigno Aquino III spoke in Pilipino, his country’s national language, and told his “bosses” that the speech he just delivered wasn’t his, but the people. “This is your SONA,” he declared, referring to his State of the Nation address on Monday, July 23. Aquino calls the people his “bosses.” “Kayo ang boss ko,” he likes to tell… Read More »
It was a pathetic sight to behold. The cavernous Hall D of the Metro Convention Center was almost empty. Did I get into the wrong place? Hundreds of vacant seats..there was an eerie silence. The Mabuhay Festival 2012 that should have a festive atmosphere was a far cry from the previous events where you have to jostle, mend… Read More »
The shooting rampage that killed 12 people and injured 58 others inside a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado last week has reignited a national debate over the United States’ gun control laws. The issue resurfaces after every mass shooting and consequently dies after just a few days, massacred each time by a powerful lobby from the ultra-conservatives and… Read More »