For 14 years, Charlito Nibrel was hooked on illegal drugs and gambling. “Nadala ko sa barkada (I was swayed by friends),” he said. At first, the native of the southern Cebu town of Minglanilla was having fun,…
The body count in the Philippine government’s war on drugs rose to 5,927 on Monday, the twelfth of December, while Catholics across the archipelago celebrated the fiesta of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Our Lady of Guadalupe.” This…
It may be a matter of time when the word ‘Christmas’ disappears from our vocabulary and remain as an unused etymological artifact in Wikipedia or some obscure digital bin. This may sound hard to believe, but some…
Christians around the world today will mark the start of the 40-day Lenten season with the observance of Ash Wednesday. According to an article in the Daily American, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent in…
