Christmas notes

JASON BAGUIA 12/26/2017

The evening was slightly windy. The facade of the cathedral shone with lights that traced its edges, doors and windows. Worshippers in their best outfits flocked into the house of prayer, though others chose to sit on…

Healing our ailing Earth

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/05/2017

Hats off to Ecowaste Coalition, the foremost waste and pollution watchdog in our country, for the persistence and determination to mainstream the ecological values and principles behind the much-neglected RA 9003, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act…

The earth’s many keys

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 08/26/2017

This rainy afternoon I think of keys. One cannot think of a better thing, no matter the weather, because always one faces doors, literal or otherwise. Daily life is somehow a series of entries. But I mean…

Solid Earth gives equipment to San Fernando farmers

PR 06/30/2017

FARMERS in the hinterland of San Fernando have acquired new equipment that they can use to increase their productivity. Solid Earth Development Corp. (SEDC) human resources and administration deputy division manager Mitzie Almira Carin turned over the…

JACK IS BACK

Jeff Ruffolo 05/25/2017

OH great — he’s back. Yes, that’s right folks, thatstumbling, bumbling loser of a sea captain — Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) — is back in yet another film version of a Disneyland e-ticket “thrill” ride in “Pirates…

Miss Earth founder is new PSE chief

Inquirer.net 05/06/2017

The Philippine Stock Exchange elected on Saturday Ramon Monzon, a certified public accountant and a successful businessman who founded the Miss Earth global beauty pageant, as its new president and chief executive officer. Monzon, 67, took over…

Show mercy on our common home

Madrileña de la Cerna 04/22/2017

Today is the Sunday of the Divine Mercy. and yesterday was International Earth Day. What a coincidence for celebrating what Pope Francis urged in Laudato Si to “show mercy on our common home.” Earth Day started in…

2-day activities for Earth Day Cebu start tomorrow

PR 04/19/2017

WITH the advocacy of providing a healthy lifestyle and greener environment, the organizers of Earth Day Cebu are spearheading the “Pag-amuma sa Inahang Kalikopan (Care for Mother Earth)” on April 21 to 22, 2017 at the University…

Ode to Malu

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 04/07/2017

Earth Day will be celebrated on April 22, and I can’t help but remember my good friend Maria Luisa “Malu” Largo who left this earth in July 13, 2013 to plant more trees in heaven. Between 2011…

‘Lower emissions past one Earth Hour’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/25/2017

Reducing carbon emissions should not just be limited to one Earth hour but every hour to help mitigate climate change. Environmental and militant groups pitched this call in yesterday’s annual observance of Earth Hour in Cebu City…

Plaza Independencia as venue for Earth Hour 2017 program

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/23/2017

CEBU City Hall will join environmental groups and non-government organizations (NGOs) in celebrating this year’s Earth Hour at the Plaza Independencia in Cebu City tomorrow. Former Cebu City councilor Nida Cabrera, chairperson for this Earth Hour observance,…

The garden of earthly delights

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 11/19/2016

The Museo del Prado in Madrid houses “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” a triptych done in oil on oak by the 16th century Dutch painter, Hieronymus Bosch. The work has drawn many diverse interpretations, especially the central…

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