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The carnage began with a violent cross-border attack by Hamas militants on Israeli civilians. Israel’s retaliatory response was swift, and by the middle of the week, the full destructive force of its military was bearing down on the Gaza…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — If only heaven has visiting hours or a hotline for us to call our departed loved ones. If only we get to see a glimpse of the paradise they are in now and…
People sometimes ask me whether their grief is normal. Most worry that they’ve been grieving too long; others get concerned that they might not be feeling as strongly as they should. I assure them that there is…
This was a terrible time last year, the COVID-19 death toll climbing since its start early in 2020, and peaking, in the Philippines, around the month of September with the deadly Delta strain. COVID-19 raised a new…
A few weeks after my wife Karina died in May last year, some friends of ours who had previously conveyed their sympathies, messaged me to ask how I was doing. Though at first I found this expression…
Felipe Dejillas survived the killer landslide that hit Sitio Sindulan in Barangay Tinaan, Naga CIty on September 20. But 76-year-old Dejillas did not survive the grief brought about by the loss of 15 of his relatives who…
The flag in the southwestern Cebu town of Ronda was flown at half-staff starting from the morning of Wednesday. The mood was somber and the townsfolk moved around still in disbelief. The town and its residents were…
Charred remains believed to be those of the 2 young brothers were found in the ash debris of the Sitio New Paradise fire Nearly 2,000 persons were left homeless by the fire Jennifer Cañedo just could not…
Ma. Norma Melloria, mother of slain Boholano Abu Sayyaf member Joselito Melloria, broke down as she saw for the first time the body of her son laid down on the morgue of the funeral home in the…
I AM thrilled now because I have a list of names of those who did tear my heart. I’d enumerate them at the podium and—to save my face from shame—escape thereafter through the back door of the…
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