Learning from Jose Rizal

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/28/2016

I am looking forward to our studying nationalist movements because I am eager to share with my grade 7 students in Our Lady of Joy Learning Center the very interesting life of Jose Rizal. Although he lived…

Taking time

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/21/2016

If, as Herod we fill our lives with things, and again with things, if we consider ourselves unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have the time to make…

Keeping Christmas

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/17/2016

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is keeping Christmas, according to Henry Van Dyke. In his short essay of the same title, he gives sets of questions for us to…

Love and mercy vs fear and death

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/14/2016

To protect human rights; to walk the path of peace; to build a violence free community -VAW-free community starts with me These messages greeted the participants of the KAABAG “Learning Session and Dialogue on Extrajudicial Killings in…

Human rights make man human

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/10/2016

For Senator Jose W. Diokno, no cause is more worthy than the cause of human rights. Human rights are more than legal concepts; they are the essence of man. They are what make man human. That is…

Twenty years of legal alternatives for women center

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/07/2016

Law Center Inc. last Monday, December 5, had its general assembly. Clients, members and partners (Kaabag, Zonta, Sidlak, Kahupayan) actively celebrated its 20th year of growing and learning with women: listening to women, providing legal services, linking…

Eco-cultural tour

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/03/2016

I heard about how the Bojo River in Aloguinsan has been transformed into an eco-cultural tourist destination about seven years back but never had a chance to go. At the “Reconsolidation of CSO / Private Sector Participation…

Interaction with Mike George

Sofia Aliño Logarta 11/30/2016

Advocates of Living Values, Brahma Kumaris, The Inner Space and Prosel Pharma, Inc. invited many students from Cebu Cherish School Inc., Cebu Normal University, College of Immaculate Conception, University of San Carlos, University of Southern Philippines, Southwestern…

Hearts grateful to Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Sofia Aliño Logarta 11/23/2016

This Thanksgiving Day, let me share the thank you notes of devotees addressed to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Posted beside the image at the back of the Redemptorist Church is a two-page letter of gratitude. It…

Touching people

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/19/2016

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) celebrated its 50th anniversary of embarking on programs and projects that aim to touch the lives and shape the future of people in its partner communities through its seven programs: Integrated…

Orange Days — continuing the efforts to end violence against women

Sofia Aliño Logarta 11/16/2016

In 1996, Legal Alternatives for Women Center, Inc. started its work of joining women victims of violence in claiming their rights. Its first case was that of a married woman who had been raped twice by a…

Voices of courage

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/12/2016

A most fitting way to remember the most talked about Super Typhoon Yolanda three years after is the coffee table book “Haiyan the Aftermath: Images and Stories of Recovery in Samar and Leyte” written by Lucien Y.…

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