Volunteers

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/07/2018

My children wrote letters to Santa Claus and asked for a robot-car, a dollhouse, and a toy train. They were written on pad paper with red and pink lines on them. Antoinette, the master planner and leader…

Campus Journalism

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 11/23/2018

I was inside an aquarium — otherwise known as the holding room for the judges of the 2018 Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) — and all I could think about was Borongan, Eastern Samar, in 2002. I…

Back in BCPD

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 11/16/2018

When I was in college, I was focused about one thing: to graduate and leave the university. My mother got pregnant at 18 so when I reached that age, people looked at me expecting to commit the…

Holiday stories

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 11/09/2018

The former office of the Cebu City Tourism Office has been transformed into two spaces: a Braille library and a reading room/study center. These are all located on the second floor of the Rizal Memorial Library and…

Cebu endemics

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/02/2018

Graduate school sucks. It is the ultimate good-mood buster especially when all you want to do is to just binge-watch movies and television series on Netflix, but there is a technical report to finish and a focus…

National scientist/artist

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 10/26/2018

Our Science Communication (DEVC 263) class at the UP Open University (UPOU) is organizing a scientific conference with Cebu’s very own, Dr. Romulo Davide, on November 23 from 9 a.m. to 12 at the audio-visual room of…

Clean up

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 10/19/2018

This is a gentle reminder that running for public office comes with a price, which includes giving up a portion of your privacy Before the campaign season goes on full throttle, I am taking the liberty to…

Bibliotherapy

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 10/12/2018

My fellow Basadours — members of the non-profit organization that advocates love of reading through storytelling — are spending time in the City of Naga this month to read stories, make music and play games with children…

Homegrown music

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 10/05/2018

I was born on the wrong year. While my classmates were memorizing the lyrics of Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time, I was singing Top of the World of The Carpenters. It was not like I was…

Tangub’s secret

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 09/28/2018

Tangub City’s Sinanduloy Cultural Troupe wows the crowd with spectacular performances year after year at the Sinulog Grand Parade. I first witnessed them perform in 2007. They eventually clinched the Best in Street Dancing award and the…

A green space

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 09/14/2018

I wholeheartedly laud the initiators for the concept and hard work put into the realization of Mandaue City’s first Agri-Eco Park. Monday at 5 p.m. is the worse time to be stuck in Mandaue City. Antoinette and…

Stories of inspiration

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 09/07/2018

Melanie “Sandee” Ng, past president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), braved Cebu’s notorious late afternoon Friday traffic from Bai Hotel to the Cebu Provincial Capitol last August 31 with yours truly as her…

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