Recalling the dictatorship

Jobers R. Bersales 04/20/2016

I will address this column to the millennials, those who were never there when in our youth we grew under the dark clouds of the Marcos dictatorship. I understand perfectly why there is a creeping revision of…

Machiavellian suicide?

Jobers R. Bersales 04/13/2016

Tis the season to be jolly! Christmas appears to have arrived much earlier for Mayor Michael Rama and Vice-Mayor Edgardo Labella. Malacañang has just given them and their allies the gift of victory ahead of the coming…

The countdown begins today

Jobers R. Bersales 04/06/2016

No this isn’t about the coming national elections. I’m referring here instead to the 495th anniversary of Magellan’s arrival at the port of Sugbu today, which should mark the start of the five-year countdown to the 500th…

Crisis in Philippines higher education

Jobers R. Bersales 03/30/2016

The numbers speak for themselves. Among all the countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines, with a population of nearly 100 million, ranks the highest in terms of number of universities and colleges,…

The meteoric Duterte-Marcos rise

Jobers R. Bersales 03/23/2016

Just being here in Bantayan to launch a book about the town’s famous Holy Thursday and Good Friday processional tableaux, I can grasp fully the phenomenal rise of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte. Everywhere in this…

The return of pre-Martial Law politics

Jobers R. Bersales 03/09/2016

Before I proceed with the main gist of this column today, let me congratulate University of San Carlos’ president, Pres. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD, Prof. Frank Largo, Dr. Elizabeth Remedio, Dr. Cora Anzano, Dr. Connie Gultiano, Dr…

The failures of EDSA

Jobers R. Bersales 03/02/2016

We rail at why Bongbong Marcos is inching closer to the top slot for Vice-President as shown in the surveys. We find it revolting that the son of a dictator that our generation abhorred and resisted so…

Save the Cebu Chinese Cemetery now!

Jobers R. Bersales 02/17/2016

This is the third time I am writing about the Cebu Chinese Cemetery. Coming on the heels of two milestone events: the conversion of the old Carreta Catholic Cemetery into a heritage park by the Cebu City…

A Chinese list

Jobers R. Bersales 02/10/2016

I would like to greet all the Hokkien Chinese and mestizo Chinese Filipinos of Cebu (Cebuano Tsinoys, if I may call them that) the standard greeting to usher in the Lunar New Year, “Kung Hei Fat Choy!”…

The firsts of the 51st IEC

Jobers R. Bersales 02/04/2016

First off, let me thank everyone who made the 51st International Eucharistic Congress an overwhelming success and an unforgettable experience for 15,000 delegates, many of whom came from other parts of the Philippines and from at last…

Boljoon’s altar retablo and our enduring faith

Jobers R. Bersales 01/27/2016

(This article also appears in today’s issue of the 51st IEC Bulletin) The choice of putting the magnificent main altar retablo (retable or screen) of the Parish Church of Boljoon on the cover of the 51st IEC…

Getting ready for the 51st IEC

Jobers R. Bersales 01/20/2016

At 4 o’clock this coming Sunday, January 24, thousands will converge at Plaza Independencia for the Holy Mass to officially open the 51st International Eucharistic Congress. Among them are the nearly 10,000 Catholic priests, religious  and laity…

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