We have to make sure that our piety and our devotion to God and everything related to him has to involve both the body and soul. It has to involve our whole person. It just cannot be purely spiritual or purely material. It just cannot be only a matter of knowing the doctrine, quite cerebral …
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Weekend lockdown in Bacolod
Tension, fear and anxiety are the most common effects of the pandemic. Last weekend caused fear to some residents of Bacolod City when the local government conducted a Covid-19 mass testing. Some do not understand the basis or process of selecting the individuals “qualified” for the mass testing. The government just declared a certain number …
Economic effects of pandemic
The current Covid-19 pandemic that we are experiencing now is really beyond our expectation. People are not prepared for this phenomenon worldwide and even the most progressive economy is caught off guard. It’s a sad reality wherein we have no solution in sight. The economy is down the drain and the most affected are the …
Four scary months
“I’m very pro vaccine. I get all six of my kids vaccinated. I believe vaccines save millions of lives, and people ought to be getting vaccinated.” – Robert Kennedy, Jr. Let us not be confused. Let’s be informed and remain vigilant. Authorities should refrain from giving us false hopes now that China is reportedly a …
Eh, ano ngayon kung ‘ber months’ na naman?
“Sumagot si Pedro, ‘Pagsisihan ninyo’t talikuran ang inyong mga kasalanan at magpabautismo kayo sa pangalan ni Jesu-Cristo upang kayo’y patawarin; at tatanggapin ninyo ang kaloob ng Espiritu Santo.’” – Mga Gawa 2:38, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya EH, ANO NGAYON KUNG “BER MONTHS” NA NAMAN? So, okay. Its Christmas time once again, with the start …
God-fearing Ilonggos
“The faith that stands on authority is not faith.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Instead of cursing God for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, most Ilonggos are praying the ongoing health crisis of epic proportion worldwide will soon disappear and spare humanity from more cases and deaths. It is said that when Ilonggos pray, …
Helping ensure that farm produce reach our table
Food security has long been a concern of Filipinos and much more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. The quarantine restrictions have made access to food and the market more difficult. The small farmers’ produce rot because there is no one to deliver them to the market. Oftentimes, farmers have to sell them very cheaply just …
We all need accompaniment
We need to be strongly reminded of this basic truth about ourselves. We tend to ignore it. Especially when we think that we are already grown-up and mature, well endowed with talents and resources, and enjoy a great sense of independence, we have to pound it hard on our mind and heart that we, in …
Media and information literacy
We need to have due concern for this matter. We are now in a fast-moving-and-evolving digital world and we cannot afford to be ignorant and illiterate in its ways. We have to level up. As described by Wikipedia, the purpose of being information and media literate is to engage in a digital society. Thus, “one …
Encouraging digital careers
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our society, especially our employment and economic realities. As of the April 2020 Labor Force Survey from the Philippine Statistics Authority, the unemployment rate rose to 17.7 percent, which translates to around 7.3 million Filipinos being out of work. To compare, in January 2020, the unemployment rate …