When ‘tradition’ blinds a child
A FIVE-year-old boy in Iloilo Province’s Component City of Passi will grow up seeing the world through one eye because a homemade firecracker exploded...
Hope needed in our earthly journey
THE CLEAR lesson we can learn from the parable about the wheat and the weeds (cfr. Mt 13, 24-43) is that we should just...
Human rights, Catholicism, poverty and nuclear power, 1
WE RECENTLY celebrated International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, and we all know that every person deserves to be born and live free....
Identity through quality
ON DECEMBER 13, members of the Bacolod media, including myself, were invited to a cooking contest in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. The event was...
Is moderation too much to ask?
EVERY year, like clockwork, the warning comes before the feast — and the consequences arrive after. Health officials caution against excess as Christmas and...
A rush for CLUPs
THE BACK-to-back disasters that struck Negros Occidental — including its capital, Bacolod City — this year have compelled local government units (LGUs) across the...
Contemplative life in ordinary life
WHAT lesson can we learn from that rather amusing gospel episode of the two sisters, Martha and Mary, welcoming Christ to their home? (cfr....
Sadista nga pagtrato sang WNBA kay Indiana star player Caitlin Clark
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR SA TANAN! Kag tani ipangamuyo ta man nga indi pagpabay-an sang Diyos ang madamo nga mga Kristiyano...