A year to be inspired

Madrileña de la Cerna 01/10/2016

One of the gifts I received last Christmas was a 2016 Calendar Pad given by my next door neighbor who is a medical representative. I was struck by the cover phrase “A Year to be Inspired” with…

Portia and Mabe

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/26/2015

She Voices A week before Christmas, two dynamic members of the women’s movement in Cebu passed away – Portia D. Dacalos figured in a motorcycle accident while on vacation in Brazil on Dec. 16 and Sr. Maria…

A notable remembrance

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/13/2015

An unusual way of marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Japanese occupation was the launching of “The War in Cebu” an illustrated chronicle of World War II in Cebu published by the University of…

Historic 51st IEC

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/29/2015

The last time I witnessed and participated a major religious celebration held in Cebu City was the 4th Centennial Celebration of the Christianization of the Philippines in 1965 (I was then a college student). It was held…

Creating and innovating for service

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/15/2015

The UP Alumni Association Cebu Chapter will hold this year’s homecoming at 6 p.m. Dec.  4, 2015  at the AS Conference Hall of UP Cebu campus. The  theme is “Creating and Innovating for Service” and for the…

Remembering what they started

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/01/2015

Every All Souls’ Day we remember the people who have gone ahead of us, people we worked with, people who influenced us, people we knew very well though not very close to us. Last year, I wrote…

In other words

Madrileña de la Cerna 10/18/2015

Two promising groups of young literati launched their respective ventures on October 3, 2015 at the Cathedral Museum. One was a group of translators called In Other Words and the other was the Mga Anak sa Dagang…

Bisayang dako

Madrileña de la Cerna 10/04/2015

Another sourcebook on Cebuano culture and arts entitled Bisayangdako: Writing Cebuano Culture and Arts was launched on Sept.  26, 2015 on the 24th anniversary of WILA (Women in Literary Arts).  Written by Dr. Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo and published…

Documentary films: A different lens

Madrileña de la Cerna 02/22/2015

I first learned about Development Communication as a subject in Mass Communication in 2007 when I was  director of the Central Visayas Studies Center (CVSC) of UP Cebu. This was also the year when CVSC launched its…

Violence-free workplaces

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/14/2014

To culminate the 18-day campaign to end violence against women this year, a forum on Making Workplaces VAW-FREE was held on Dec. 10 which is also International Human Rights Day at the UP Cebu Union Building Conference…

A Code to empower women

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/16/2014

The campaign against violence against women and children  will kick off next week  on November 25 to December 12. The choice of  dates is significant:  Nov. 25 is the feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria who died…

Remembering what they did

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/02/2014

Today we remember our beloved dead but I would like to bring to life  what a few  people close to me did before they passed away. Generally they were young and passionate with what they did.  Contrary…

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