Letting go, letting God

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/28/2018

For a third time I have attended the Redemptorist Lenten Recollection; and I have always found many fresh and moving points for the rest of the week on the way to Easter. This year Rev. Fr. Victorino…

Narratives of change

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/24/2018

The concept of Paralegal Training was brought to the program of the Legal Alternatives for Women Center, Inc. (LAW Center, Inc.) as early as 2008 by the late Atty. Adoracion Cruz Avisado (retired judge from Davao City),…

The sorrows

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/21/2018

On Tuesdays and Fridays I pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary using my cellphone or the computer. I have to confess that at first I got carried away by the visuals. In the flight to Egypt, I checked…

Lent as it was

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/17/2018

Observance of Lent has enriched a lot of our cultural tradition and community life. In my childhood, the end of the school year also meant participation in the Lenten activities which included preparation and partaking of the…

Mother Ignacia, Mother Marie Louise and Marie Belen

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/14/2018

In this time when there is focus on those in the consecrated life, let us recall religious women who had a heart for females. Philippine History books cite Mother Ignacia Del Espiritu Santo who set up a…

A chorus thrives amidst turmoil

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/10/2018

I entered UP Cebu in 1974 as a young teacher in the UP Cebu High School. There was only the administration building where we held classes in the second floor and the basement of the building alternating…

Gender in the curriculum

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/07/2018

Gender is integrated into the K to 12 curriculum. Several modules deal with the topic in Contemporary Issues, Araling Panlipunan for Grade 10. Earlier educational researchers stressed that it is important for gender to be integrated to…

History and values education

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/03/2018

The usefulness of history to values education is not a new discovery. Even before public education and official national histories developed, history was seen as one means of ennobling character. In the 17th century France history, history…

About the Ritazo Tingub Women Workers Association

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/28/2018

As we enter Women’s Month we celebrate the successful efforts of women as they work for economic empowerment. Every time I encountered them — in front of SM City, at the gate of Queen City Gardens on…

Extremism

Madrileña de la Cerna 02/24/2018

Prof. Henry Francis Espiritu, Associate Professor in Philosophy and Asian History of UP Cebu, a prolific Islam scholar, and a strong advocate of peace and inter-faith dialogue, prefers to call the phenomenon “Islamic Extremism” or “Politicized Islam”…

Protecting the young

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/21/2018

Dr. Madrileña de la Cerna declared in her column last Sunday: “(Shoot them in the vagina, so that…), I could not believe when I read about the incident because it was uttered by the head of state…

Colorful language

Madrileña de la Cerna 02/17/2018

A week ago President Duterte treated a large group of NPA rebel returnees in Malacañang Palace and encouraged other NPAs to surrender. When he learned that there are female rebels, he made the most misogynist remark in…

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