WHEN AUTISM WORKS: A mother’s journey to acceptance

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 05/23/2018

Kalvin was two years and four months old when a developmental pediatrician diagnosed him with autism. “I was told by the pedia that Kalvin was the 20th patient that she saw that day,” recalled the boy’s mother,…

Tavolata’s Italian specials for mothers

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 05/12/2018

BEING a mother is a blessing and is probably the most important role a woman will assume in life. In a typical Filipino family, mothers are in charge of household matters and raising children falls mainly on…

Day care centers for voting mothers sought

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 05/05/2018

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) requested local officials in the province to open daycare centers for nursing mothers on election day, May 14. Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano said the day care centers can help…

Mothers’ wishes

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 05/04/2018

Thursday is now library day for the mutants, and we spend an entire afternoon reading books, painting animals and making figures out of play dough. It was raining when we left Liloan for the Cebu City Public…

A MOTHER’S PROFOUND GRIEF

Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/17/2018

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…

In praise of mothers-in-law

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 02/03/2018

The 19th-century French painter James Tissot was a contemporary of Edgar Degas and Édouard Manet. But, instead of adopting their impressionism, he stuck to his realistic method. He painted fashionable women, as well as people and scenes…

Mothers seek help after kids join gang made up of children

Nestle L. Semilla 01/28/2018

Basak Pardo kid-recruits were burned in wrists and paddled to become gang members “Help us save our children,” This was the appeal of a 46-year-old mother to barangay officials after she found out that her youngest son…

CYBERPORN MOTHERS NABBED

Benjie B. Talisic, Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semillla, Norman V. Mendoza 10/27/2017

In a span of three days, two women were arrested by the police in Cordova town on Mactan Island and in Talisay City for engaging in cyberpornography, victimizing their own children and sisters. A 20-year-old mother was…

All about a mother’s love

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/18/2017

A STORY of a mother raising two sons, including one with Down Syndrome is what “Star na si Van Damme Stallone” is all about. The film is part of the ongoing Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, which will…

Celebrations on the feast of Our Mother’s Assumption

Sofia Aliño Logarta 08/16/2017

For four years in St. Theresa’s College, we have celebrated the feast of Our Mother’s Assumption in the Sodality of Mary. We wear gala uniform with the accompanying white veil coming in high heels and nylon stockings.…

MAO BA?

Editorial 05/15/2017

SINCERITY While social media is awash with posts of netizens greeting their mothers a Happy Mother’s Day, others were not so taken by the flood of sentimental greetings. These cynics sarcastically remarked that the Mother’s Day posts…

A promise to help

Editorial 05/12/2017

There’s a commercial by fast-food giant Jollibee that was released online days ahead of tomorrow’s annual celebration of Mother’s Day that should not only warm the hearts of many but is also a reminder to Sen. Tito…

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