The Oscar in heaven

Jason A. Baguia 10/23/2018

The Catholic Church’s canonization of the late Oscar Romero, martyred archbishop from El Salvador is an inspiration for the faithful to remain steadfast in bringing the gospel to various communities. For Filipinos, the recognition of sainthood is…

Sober amid the circus

Jason A. Baguia 10/16/2018

Election season has come. It is a time for discerning discourse especially on social media where trolls and fanatics are getting ready to wrestle with anyone whose goat they get. Before you get sucked into the bile…

The gift of learning

Jason A. Baguia 10/09/2018

After drawing flak from school administrators, students, and filmmakers, Oscar Albayalde, the good director of the Philippine National Police moderated on Monday, October 8 his lament against student activism. Law enforcers have nothing against it, he said,…

Rosary and country

Jason A. Baguia 10/02/2018

October is the month of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For those who are interested in praying more and deliberately for the Philippines, our nation and people’s various needs can be raised in petition…

In memoriam

Jason A. Baguia 09/25/2018

In the wake of the 46th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines by the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, social media has been abuzz with debate. While I have not seen material on my news…

Journalism, truth, and memory

Jason A. Baguia 09/18/2018

The sun was out when the 26th Cebu Press Freedom Week celebration started Sunday. Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Villarojo concelebrated the Holy Mass to open the weeklong affair. Concelebrating were Msgr. Joseph Tan and Fr. Felmar Castrodes…

Power and villainy

Jason A. Baguia 09/11/2018

Somewhere it is written that evil is boring. It is rather predictable. It is never creative. This is the reason tyrants or villains seem to copy each other’s ways and end up making heroes or martyrs of…

On the ground

Jason A. Baguia 08/07/2018

Are you in favor of a federal form of government? The cab driver asked me. I am against it, I replied. Under federalism, the Philippines will be divided into regions with greater autonomy from an overarching federal…

Blood chronicles

Jason A. Baguia 07/10/2018

My son is good.” These were the last words spoken to reporters by the father of the man whom police shot dead in an encounter yesterday at the residence of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma. We will never…

Integrity’s marshal

Jason A. Baguia 06/23/2018

CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES WHEN the history of the Philippines within last couple of decades will have been written, the name Conchita Claudio Carpio-Morales will stand out. In fact, her name should be found in the histories of various…

Osaka Castle Park’s enticement

Jason A. Baguia 04/13/2018

HAVING come from a metropolis where talk of development rarely envisions more parks than the three low-maintenance patches of earth we make do with, I experienced Japan’s Osaka Castle Park as a generous treat. The sprawl of…

Celestial gardens

Jason A. Baguia 02/20/2018

Much has changed by the winding road to the gated Celestial Gardens — the graveyard that straddles barangays Banawa and Tisa in Cebu City’s southwestern hills. Years ago, the pass was lined to one side by mango,…

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