Carrying the UP Sablay

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/23/2018

Two years ago, I wrote about the Sablay on UP’s Shoulder. Since it is graduation week of the University of the Philippines System, I am writing again about the Sablay to remind UP graduates of their mission.…

The importance of fathering

Sofia Aliño Logarta 06/20/2018

An essay on Filipino fathers discusses the result of the absentee father. In earlier times sons often went along with their fathers as they worked. In a very natural, informal way they got the skills involved in…

Value-threads from the past

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/16/2018

More than a century ago, the Filipino freedom fighters of 1896-1898 beginning with the Katipuneros were, first and foremost men of honor driven by a moral code. Some historians observed that the Kartilya of the Katipunan scarcely…

Learning about nationalism and independence

Sofia Aliño Logarta 06/13/2018

It was very saddening that many young people were unaware about what June 12, Independence Day was all about. One possible reason is that many schools have not opened on this day and teachers let go of…

Spirituality in relating to the environment

Sofia Aliño Logarta 06/06/2018

Women have been living in close contact with the environment. They have been sensitive to the damages Mother Earth experienced because these affect their children, their families. With our drainages clogged with plastics, they wade through floods…

Unraveling centennial gems

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/02/2018

One of the measures of the strength of any academic institution is its alumni. That’s why I am attending this reunion,” declared Atty. Norman Yap, BA Political Science 2003 during the second reunion of the Political Science…

Cebu’s early Asian period

Sofia Aliño Logarta 05/30/2018

For Gabi-i sa Kabilin we focused on the Pedro Calungsod Shrine. Here Mary Rose Villacastin-Maghuyop with the students of Our Lady of Joy Learning Center had a short presentation on the Period of the Balangay. Appropriately it…

Seat of wisdom

Madrileña de la Cerna 05/26/2018

As the tradition-rich month of May draws to a close, I pay tribute to two women who made the tradition of Flores de Mayo of my childhood and adolescence a unique and memorable one — Atty. Dativa…

Inclusion

Sofia Aliño Logarta 05/23/2018

The ABS-CBN program S. R. O. hosts took the trouble of inviting history professor Ciao Chua to discuss the significance of the wedding of Harry and Meghan, not only for the couple or the British but to…

The pre-colonial in our heritage

Madrileña de la Cerna 05/19/2018

May is National Heritage Month and one of the major events to celebrate it is the Gabii sa Kabilin held every last Friday of May. The theme of the 2018 Gabii sa Kabilin is Balangay in preparation…

Mothering also

Sofia Aliño Logarta 05/16/2018

Many females have been doing a great deal of mothering even if they have not had children Remy, one of our Gagmayng Kristohanong Katilingban leaders has been taking care of her nephew for over thirty years now.…

Elections

Madrileña de la Cerna 05/12/2018

In my younger days, elections were quite fun, especially during election campaigns where the contending groups exerted all efforts to get people’s votes. I enjoyed the time when a political group campaigned with witty singing groups the…

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