How I almost met the three kings

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 01/07/2017

I take my constitutional on a paved area adjoining our house. I walk back and forth, from the terrace to the gate. When I face the latter, I get a view of the road, the vacant lot…

Thirteen candidates vie for Sinulog 2017 Festival Queen crown

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/06/2017

Thirteen lead dancers from different contingents will vie this year’s Search for Sinulog Festival Queen. The candidates for the Search for Sinulog Festival Queen 2017 are Ivy Tapic of the municipality of Asturias, Ceydney Go Basalo of…

ABIDING FAITH

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/05/2017

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,…

Backward glance, forward look

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/31/2016

The year 2016 started with the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in January in Cebu City with the theme “Christ in us, Our Hope of Glory” that sent a strong message of hope for the faithful. The proclamation…

Similarities of beliefs for prosperous new year

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 12/29/2016

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). Although Filipinos are dominated by the Christian religion, but in the hope of…

Keeping Christmas

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/17/2016

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is keeping Christmas, according to Henry Van Dyke. In his short essay of the same title, he gives sets of questions for us to…

Untwinkling

Francis B. Ongkingco 12/09/2016

Twinkle, twinkle, little star! How I wonder what you are. Up above the clouds so high. Like a diamond in the sky!” As you read the lines, the song’s creative melody begins playing in your childlike heart.…

Palma ordains five new deacons, priest

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/06/2016

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has ordained five new deacons and a priest in solemn rites at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown Cebu City on Tuesday morning. With over 400 diocesan priests and about 200 others from…

‘Advent, eventually…’

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 11/27/2016

I was actually toying on forging a word-expression while brooding over a nice springboard for this article. That word is “adventually” – an abbreviated, or rather, a coined exclamatory outburst of amazement upon realizing how time flies…

‘Tok-Hang’ in Bethlehem

Radel Paredes 11/26/2016

There’s one Filipino Christmas decor that used to be ubiquitous: the cheap cardboard pop-up belen (nativity scene) you can just buy from any sari-sari store. We used to buy one to place under the Christmas tree (usually…

Hearts grateful to Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Sofia Aliño Logarta 11/23/2016

This Thanksgiving Day, let me share the thank you notes of devotees addressed to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Posted beside the image at the back of the Redemptorist Church is a two-page letter of gratitude. It…

Priest says Lapu-Lapu fiesta goes smoothly

Norman V. Mendoza 11/21/2016

THOUSANDS of devotees flocked to the Birhen dela Regla Parish in Lapu-Lapu City to pay respects to and venerate the city’s patron saint. Devotees from all over Cebu and nearby provinces like Bohol and Negros Oriental made…

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