K-pop fan convention faces up to mental health, truth of idol life

AP 08/15/2018

INSIDE the Los Angeles Convention Center last weekend (Aug. 10-12), KCON, a yearly celebration of South Korean pop culture, saw 94,000 K-pop fans mob their favorite artists in meet-and-greets, dance like crazy in choreography workshops and bond…

Truth, insult and letting go

07/28/2018

It felt like it was the beginning of the end, like how they show you the ending of the story in movies before they unfold the events that led to that moment. The legendary opening sequence of…

Reign of truth

JASON BAGUIA 05/22/2018

Heaven has been kind to us in this sweltering summer month that is May. Rain falls on some nights, providing us with respite from the harshness of the season. It is the month for children to learn…

Tagle declares May 20 to 31 as days of prayer amid ‘crisis of truth’

Inquirer.net 05/18/2018

MANILA Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has declared May 20 to 31 as days of prayer, fasting and action “for the truth and common good.” Tagle sent a letter to all of Manila’s parishes where he lamented…

Speak truth to power, keep power in check

Pooled Editorial 05/02/2018

Note: This piece is published in major dailies in observance of the annual World Press Freedom Day. Rodrigo R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and…

Truth and fake news

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 04/06/2018

My daughter Antoinette has a wonderful way of describing mornings. Every day, at around 6:30 a.m., after the customary knock on the door, Jeff lets her and her brothers in the master’s bedroom. The unica hija would…

Truth and the tenant of Malacañang

Rina Jimenez-David 02/24/2018

No, Harry Roque, what your President and his official family have done to Pia Ranada (and her boss, Maria Ressa) of Rappler is not just like being “a home owner who wants a rude visitor out of…

Bishops urged to stand up for truth

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/27/2018

  Bishops should stand up for the truth no matter what it entails. Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines or Pope Francis’ representative in the country, made this call to the 85 bishops…

‘Stand up for the truth’

Futch Anthony Inso 10/01/2017

CHALLENGE FOR BROADCASTERS THE celebration of the broadcasters’ month has ended on September 30, but the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) – Cebu Chapter ceaselessly reminds its members to always stand up for the truth.…

‘Aim for the truth’

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 09/17/2017

As Cebu’s media outlets held their annual Press Freedom Week celebration yesterday, they were reminded anew to treat their profession not just as a job but as a calling to report the truth to the public. “We…

The truth that is singing within us

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 09/09/2017

Naturally, as a judge for close to 15 years hearing cases almost daily, I should know a thing or two about witnesses. Most of them come to court hesitant and afraid and speak with a timorous voice,…

Palma to broadcasters: Don’t spread fake news

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/03/2017

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma challenged members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) – Cebu to stay true to the practice of truthful and objective reporting and to do away with spreading unverified reports. In…

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