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Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/31/2019

August ends today as if it never started.  It looks like the world is in a hurry to get to the ‘ber’ months. Tomorrow, September 1, Christmas “begins” in the Philippines.  At home, the letters for Santa…

Of Teban and What’s d’ Style

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/24/2019

Everyone in my mother’s clan lived close to each other in Barangay Calawisan, Lapu-Lapu City so what happens in one house is known by the rest of the families in the entire compound.  So when Lola Mikay’s…

Reverie at 33

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 08/17/2019

When my siblings and I saw the rice fields of Barangay San Juan, Ormoc City, we cheered with the passion and noise similar to football fans when their team scores a goal. It was our first time…

Ate Kuya

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/10/2019

Every month, I go on four dates with my children. The first date is with Nicholas; the second with Antoinette; the third with Jeff Jr.; and the fourth with all three of them. The sequence is not…

Visayan music

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 08/03/2019

I grew up in a home where Sunday mornings were all about the songs of Max Surban and cassette tapes which my grandfather, Diosdado Sr., called “standard Bisaya” music. Living in a house next to my grandparents…

Let’s talk about postpartum depression

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 07/27/2019

  News of a mother drowning her 11-month-old baby reached me while I was in a learning session with colleagues on responsible media coverage of children.  It’s heartbreaking.  A child, who is only a month shy of…

Volunteers on National Children’s Book Day

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 07/20/2019

  July is an exciting month for storytellers, book lovers and reading advocates as this is the month when we celebrate the National Children’s Book Day (NCBD). NCBD commemorates the date of the publication of Jose Rizal’s…

Combating online sexual exploitation of children

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/13/2019

  Cebu finally did it: combat online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) with technology. OSEC is an issue that strikes a personal chord in me because I knew children who are victims of it. I was a…

Nature and scouts

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 07/06/2019

My six-year-old son wants to be a boy scout. He made this announcement as we walked from the highway to his school. He said his classmate, Seve, wears two types of uniforms: Type A and Type B.…

Happy Day

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 06/29/2019

“Mom, can you please stop watching movies with people who say those bad words?” We were walking from our guesthouse toward the Lavender stop on the East West Line of the Singapore MRT when my five-year-old daughter…

Lumba’g Laag sa Sugbo

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 06/22/2019

DAANBANTAYAN, Cebu– There is so much passion among Cebuanos in whatever we do and for Cebu City, that passion is evident in the annual celebration of Cebu Business Month (CBM). I’ve been covering CBM events spearheaded by…

What it means to be outstanding

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 06/15/2019

  It has been 12 years since I became part of The Outstanding Students of the Philippines Alumni Community (TOSPAC), a privilege given to me when I made it to the regional search and later in the…

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