Stories and magic

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/24/2018

J Centre Mall’s The Atrium in Mandaue City will be overwhelmed by children today as Story Hours — the literacy initiative carried out by Basadours, Cebu Daily News and J Centre Mall — will have its culminating…

Laughter and friends

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/16/2018

Bandar Seri Begawan — The world is a cruel place to find people to like and trust. There are too many posers, ingrates, swindlers, scoundrels, sharks, cheaters and tricksters. Name it, I have encountered most, if not…

The CDN Nest

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 02/10/2018

I was 11 years old when Cebu Daily News (CDN) I first saw print in 1998. I was a Grade Five pupil in a small village called Libas in the Town of Merida in Leyte province when…

Tabok library

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/02/2018

Public high school teacher Jaclyn Cecile “Jackie” Velasco-Chavez sent an ecstatic note a few days ago informing me that the Tabok National High School’s library scored 59 out of 60 points in the recent evaluation conducted by…

Child of God

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/26/2018

There are songs which reside in the heart of our youngest son, Jeff Jr. To listen to him sing in his trademark, high-pitch voice is like watching a preview of the performance of the Vienna Boys’ Choir.…

Train and chicharon bulaklak

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/19/2018

Traffic jam is the new norm in Cebu. This is true not only in Cebu City but also in Consolacion town as we go up north and Carcar as we go down south of the main city.…

Pit Señor!

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/12/2018

Four years ago, I was heavily pregnant with twins when I braved the crowd of devotees to attend the nine-day novena Mass at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño. Any person, who has been to the basilica…

Honest driver

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/05/2018

His name is Edgardo “Junjun” Amba. Jun is in his late 30s, stands 5 feet 3 inches and lives in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City. When Jeff and I entered the DYAB radio station located in Barangay Jagobiao,…

Meet Nanay J

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/29/2017

I seldom wake up ahead of the alarm clock. But at 5:45 a.m. on a Friday, I was already set to leave the house with my backpack filled with a notebook, a case with 10 kinds of…

Colors of Christmas

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/22/2017

I felt like I was Goliath standing among 49 Davids in an area where 20 Christmas trees in varied forms, shapes and sizes were displayed. With a big book in my hand, I was trying to appear…

Tomorrow again

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/15/2017

My husband left for China a week ago to work on Olympic-related tasks and suddenly I found myself waking up at 6:00 in the morning to cook breakfast. Contrary to typical household arrangements, Casa Ruffolo Uno has…

Gaming for nation-building

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/08/2017

I am the last person you will see in an internet café playing computer games. It is just not my thing. My husband, Jeff, has a different opinion about computer games. He said when he plays “Orcs…

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