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Lest we forget, we do have our own language(s). In the Philippines, we have more than 170. The teaching of Philippine languages is no longer mandatory for tertiary educational institutions in the Philippines. But at the University…
Notre dame de Paris came to me long before I came to her. A friend of mine had been sent to Europe for training related to his work in computers. When he asked me if I…
We need time to stop, recollect ourselves, notice the warmth of sunlight, the faces of loved ones, the glistening of roads touched by rain, the comforting yearend breeze. We need to stop, see, appreciate and be grateful.…
Regionalism should not be a consideration in the search for chancellor of the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu. In a sketch, the Philippine Revolution against Spain back at the turn of the 20th century was saddled…
With the onset of September, the singer, lyricist, and composer Jose Mari Chan, a Cebuano on his mother’s side, has become a popular figure on social media. Subscribers cannot help but associate Chan with the “-ber” months,…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s use of his bully pulpit to advocate for the renaming of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport so that it would bear the name of Lapu-Lapu would be easily understandable to the Cebuano or Visayan who…
For over two years, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr., whose memory Filipinos celebrated yesterday, the 35th anniversary of his assassination, was my contemporary. The other day, I watched with my father the closing segments of a 10-year-old documentary,…
Yesterday, the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. This Franciscan saint is relevant to the Philippines today. Since he was imprisoned by the Nazis and executed with a lethal injection of carbolic acid, he…
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino, beter known to the world as Cory Aquino, died nine years ago today. Historical revisionism if not nihilism threatens to blacken the memory of Cory, and though blackening the name of the…
According to various reports, at least 40,000 protesters marched down the Quezon City road leading to the session hall where President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) Monday. Police contest the figure…
Today is the second day of the triduum of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving to which Catholic bishops have called their flock following the national day of prayer and penance for blasphemies, slander, and murder last July 16,…
The afternoon was alternately sunny and cloudy on the 27th of June when the University of the Philippines Cebu held its 81st commencement exercises. Manuel Villar, former speaker of the Lower House and former president of the…
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