Closing circles

Francis B. Ongkingco 11/11/2016

A way to describe our life projects or ambitions is to compare them to drawing circles. One patiently connects the dots, so to speak, until a circle is finished before moving on to the next goal. Once…

Provocative statements

Editorial 10/30/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s self-proclaimed “epiphany” from what he thought came from God on a flight back home shouldn’t be taken as iron clad assurance by the Americans or the US and other countries who were the unwilling…

Our tattered mortal dress

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 10/22/2016

In 1885, the French painter Jacques Joseph Tissot, who changed his first name to James, experienced a reawakening of his Catholic faith. His mother, Marie Durand, herself a Catholic, had made sure that he would grow up…

Pagara to battle tough Ghanaian in PP39 card

Glendale G. Rosal 10/21/2016

After a painful defeat last July in the United States, ALA Boxing Gym’s stalwart, “Prince” Albert Pagara returns to the ring against a tough foe in the undercard of Pinoy Pride 39: IBF World Jr. Flyweight championships…

‘Road to porndiction’

Francis B. Ongkingco 10/14/2016

(Part 3 of 3) How can one overcome addiction to pornography? In the previous parts of this article, we had gone through the process of identifying what may lead to this addiction. The approach was more anthropological…

THERE IS HOPE FOR DRUG ADDICTS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/30/2016

Cebu Archdiocese initiates barangay-based rehab program for drug users Drug addicts are humans after all. But in the fight against illegal drugs, there can be no shortcuts. With this in mind, the Archdiocese of Cebu, through the…

The positive lie

Francis T.J. Ochoa 08/26/2016

Rustin tightly closed his eyes. In his intense and indescribable fear, he suddenly felt the icy steel of a gun barrel slowly kiss his forehead. The tinge of its deathly cold was absorbed by his skin, and…

Explaining these to my son

Raymund Fernandez 08/23/2016

My youngest son is only 12 years old. And yet at his age he has to grapple with the turmoils of his society in a way much more stark than even I have to deal with it.…

The war on truth

Raymund Fernandez 08/16/2016

Before all else, there was chaos. Before titans, demigods, before even the Gods themselves. Chaos was already there. The course of life, and civilization, is therefore the travel of man away from chaos to order. These are…

The finger of God

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 07/23/2016

I remember a time when we celebrated our grandchild’s birthday anniversary at a pizzeria, amidst a spread of salads, pasta and risottos. The wall of the room his parents had reserved carried a reproduction of a detail…

Timing prayer

Francis B. Ongkingco 07/22/2016

When it comes to praying, we often encounter the following difficulties: what to talk to God about, what materials to bring, how to carry on with a theme or style in our prayer, and how to make…

There’s something about Martha

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 07/16/2016

In 1618, the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez painted “Christ in the House of Martha and Mary.” The work, done in oil on canvas, depicts two women in the kitchen, one young, the other elderly. The young woman,…

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