Kalag-Kalag: Beyond candle lighting and Mass offering

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/29/2022

  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…

Remembering Pedro

Fr. Randy Figuracion 10/20/2018

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…

Remembering the war dead at Marco Polo

Jobers R. Bersales 08/15/2018

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…

Remembering Cory

JASON BAGUIA 07/31/2018

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…

Seeing and remembering

MARIA CHRISTINA L. PADERES 07/01/2018

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…

Remembering Dad

06/13/2018

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…

Remembering Edsa and Fr. Rudy

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/24/2018

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…

Remembering Vidal on his 87th birthday

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 02/07/2018

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…

Remembering Ricky Poca

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/26/2017

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…

Remembering Ale and life in the past

Fernando Fajardo 11/03/2017

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…

Remembering Vidal

10/18/2017

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…

Remembering RCV (and Lola Nena too!)

Jobers R. Bersales 10/18/2017

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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