Gesture of widowed Bayawan traffic enforcer inspires netizens

Immae Lachica 09/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A traffic enforcer helping an elderly cross the street is not something new to many. “What’s the big deal?” some would say. “It’s part of his job,” others would comment. But when that traffic…

Habitat for Humanity, U.S. Peace Corps partner to train 6K youth leaders

PR 03/26/2019

Habitat for Humanity Philippines—one of the leading nonprofit shelter organizations in the country, and U.S. Peace Corps – a global humanitarian and development agency of the United States government, partner to train 6,000 youth in 2019 under…

Habitat for Humanity Philippines, University of Cebu ink P5M donation to help communities in need

PR 02/19/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Habitat for Humanity Philippines and the University of Cebu (UC) formalized their P5-million partnership through a signing ceremony on February 8, 2019. Margarita Moran-Floirendo, board member and ambassador of Habitat for Humanity…

Drug war critics file complaint vs Duterte for ‘crimes against humanity’

Inquirer.net 08/28/2018

Critics of the administration’s war on illegal drugs, along with relatives of drug suspects killed in police operations, have filed a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity. According…

Orientate

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 03/31/2018

To face or turn to the east”… Since the Stone Age, the sun’s rising and setting were the two fundamental references. This was way before the north became the conventional reference point for direction. Humanity in general…

Remembering September 11

Madrileña de la Cerna 09/09/2017

Tomorrow is the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attack that taught us deep lessons about life, humanity and ourselves that will never make it into a history book. One lesson we learned is that there is…

Focus on divinity, not humanity

03/14/2017

The latest statements by President Duterte and his subalterns that criminals and drug offenders are not human make one reflect on the circumstances faced by Jesus, who was convicted of treason 2,000 years ago. While apparently Jesus…

A compelling take on equality and humanity

Jeff Ruffolo 02/23/2017

  Did you know the human brain is a living, functioning supercomputer, able to conceive and unravel the most complex mathematical equations in less time than it takes to blink your eye? Such is the true story…

Choose to love

Ryan Macasero 02/18/2017

If we cannot love each other yet, let us not hate each other too much.” This was the message delivered at the State of the Nation Address 2016. Last Valentine’s Day, I remembered these words and reflected…

Mom chooses family over jobs

12/29/2016

Behind a present successful career is a mother longing for those times when her three children were growing up. “I’m guilty, regretful, inadequate and unfair as a mother to my three children,” Marietta Latonio said as if…

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…

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