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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bisaya phrase “Kalag-Kalag,” which refers to the dates of October 31, November 1, and November 2 when the country observes All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, should not simply imply…
Six years ago today, Pedro Calungsod was declared as one of seven new saints by then Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square. This Visayan teenager sprang steadily from obscurity to universal acclaim to become the second…
Yesterday was a poignant moment for some of the more than three thousand Japanese citizens living in Cebu, at least for those who went to Marco Polo Cebu Hotel. Beside its tennis courts is a life-size bronze…
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino, beter known to the world as Cory Aquino, died nine years ago today. Historical revisionism if not nihilism threatens to blacken the memory of Cory, and though blackening the name of the…
Not being able to see and not being able to remember are my greatest fears in life. I fear losing my vision, because it means being a burden to my family and being unable to pursue my…
OF THE MANY gifts my dad has given me in his lifetime, the one I treasure the most has been his love for great prose. My dad has always had such a voracious and insatiable appetite for…
As the country commemorates the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolt, for the Redemptorist community in Cebu, it is difficult to forget the sacrifices of a priest named Fr. Rosalio “Rudy” Romano. Fr. Rudy, who led several social…
Less words, more heart. Prayer above all. That, in a nutshell, was how Cebu’s beloved Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was remembered during a Holy Mass offered on what would have been his 87th birthday, yesterday. It…
RICKY Poca emerged in the public eye in the mid-80s when he joined the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship. Together with his uncle, the late Cebu City councilor Clemente Rama, they helped the late Inday Nita Cortes…
I spent the last two days in Dalaguete to remember and be near with Ale for the All Saints Day and All Souls Day respite. I had not much income from my first job as economics instructor…
The whole officialdom of Cebu mourned the passing of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. The Cebu City government flew its flag at half-mast. The Capitol passed a resolution to mourn passage of a well-respected prince of…
I join the Catholic faithful as they enter into this period of mourning with the passing of our dearly beloved long-time shepherd of the flock, His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, archbishop emeritus of Cebu. Ricardo Cardinal Vidal…
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