Not counting women and children

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/18/2017

Going over reading materials for the Lenten season, Megan McKenna’s “Not Counting Women and Children. Neglected Stories from the Bible” caught my interest. The main story was on the feeding of thousands, from the Gospel of Matthew…

Making change work for women

Madrileña de la Cerna, Solita Collas-Monsod 03/04/2017

March as the National Women’s Month opened with a double treat at the Capitol Social Hall with the 17th Cebu Provincial Women’s Congress spearheaded by the Provincial Women’s Commission and the “We Make Change: Women Inspiring Women…

A Via Crucis

Jason A. Baguia 03/03/2017

(First of two parts) We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world. First station: The institution of the Eucharist This is my body. This is my…

Children and language

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/24/2017

Just when I thought that my husband is the only person who reads this column, I received three “requests” from mothers via my Facebook account and 10 comments in my blog (www.readingruffolos.com) to write about how children…

Eve of summer

Raymund Fernandez 02/21/2017

We hardly remember Eve. She has been relegated to oblivion for having sinned, for partaking of the forbidden fruit, the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, the fruit of the tree of life; for having…

NewLuxe’s fun play solutions for children

PR 02/20/2017

WITH an innate desire to play and enjoy games, children have the right to have fun and let their imaginations and creativity run wild. Parents and the whole community should support this biological, social and psychological need…

Internet doping

Francis B. Ongkingco 02/10/2017

  It is always very sad and disappointing to hear celebrity athletes being stripped of their titles and medals after being caught for doping. This image came to mind after watching Simon Sinek speaking about the main…

Man saves children from python but gets bitten

Dominic D. Yasay 02/02/2017

A MAN managed to save his children from being bitten by a python but not before being bitten by the reptile at a lake in Sitio Lub-ang, Barangay Casuntingan in Mandaue City at past 8 p.m. last…

Fewer dengue deaths, cases in province in Jan.

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/31/2017

  THERE were fewer deaths caused by dengue and fewer dengue cases in the province last month compared to the same period last year. Nurse Cyril Kay Pangantungan of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) said there were…

Provincial Capitol lauds arrest of child trafficker

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/27/2017

The recent arrest of Liezyl Margallo, the alleged human trafficker whose monstrosity appeared to have no bounds, highlights the brutal realities of human trafficking in the Philippines. But Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale, a top advocate for…

‘SAVAGE GIRL’ FALLS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/26/2017

Liezyl Margallo, at 23 years old, looks like any normal Filipina you meet in the street. Behind that seemingly innocent look, however, lurks a very disturbed and monstrous past that kept her on the run for nearly…

Faceless foundations

Francis B. Ongkingco 01/13/2017

Edward peeked into his parents’ bedroom. He saw his mom busy applying something on her face. He had learned more than once that she was not one to disturb when she was doing something. He tiptoed quietly…

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