Ombudsman Samuel Martires has refused to release copies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Statement of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). A group of lawyers had to petition the Ombudsman after the Palace denied their request for the President’s SALNs for 2016-2020. Ombudsman Martires denied the request citing his own circular that constricts the circle of …
OPINION
Restart or reset?
Our duties toward God and others, especially our family, should be our first concern. Yes, the necessity for prayer and sacrifice will never wane. But they may have to be done in some novel way that is consonant to the new conditions Since we do not know how this whole COVID pandemic will play out, …
Facebook ‘blocks’ my blog but tolerates pornography
“The seven billion people on the planet don’t give a fuck what you want. They want you to program code for cool video games, they want you hot young girls to do porn, and they want you guys to like go build engineering and other stuff to make their lives easier. And they want food… …
Dapat payagan ang mga botante na litratuhin ang kanilang balota
INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “Ang mga tagapaglingkod naman ay dapat ding maging kagalang-galang, tapat mangusap, hindi lasenggo at hindi sakim sa salapi.” – 1 Timoteo 3:8, Ang Tanging Daan Bibliya). *** SC, HININGANG PAYAGAN ANG MGA BOTANTE NA LITRATUHAN ANG MGA BALOTANG NAGLALAMAN NG KANILANG MGA BOTO SA HALALAN: Kailangang pahintulutan ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) …
A matter of tinder and trigger
In our spiritual life or in our relationship with God and with everybody else that should be properly marked by love, we always need a tinder and a trigger to start, develop that love and keep it going. A tinder is any dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper, that is used for lighting …
What the quarantine exposes
Whatever weaknesses in ourselves that we can notice these days, let us learn to convert them into an occasion to craft the pertinent virtues. Let’s develop the appropriate attitudes and practices. Now is the time to put our spiritual house in order! In a sense, we have to be thankful for this quarantine time since …
RIP, Ding Wenceslao
As I was about to write this piece, I was shocked and saddened to hear from our perpetual Ateneo alumni group president Jojo Buñag that one of our own – Delfin “Ding” Wenceslao, Jr. – just passed on moments earlier. Heart failure, we were told. So let me take this opportunity to offer my sincerest …
Nieto Pordiosero (Grandson Beggar)
I would like to share the story of Dr. Wang, the founder of a once mighty global giant and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) publicly-traded Wang Laboratories or Wang Labs. The latter was a computer company founded in 1951 and was successfully headquartered in Massachusetts. Long before Apple became a household name, the Wang group …
Faith as a seafarer’s weapon
By: Atty. Dennis Gorecho Religion assists seafarers in coping with dangerous and emotionally challenging workplaces. It offers for the ordinary Filipino seafarers strength, hope and peace in relation with their daily work and social relationships on board the vessel. A seafarer’s faith is his most powerful weapon in overcoming difficult emotional, or even dangerous, shipboard …
Grace and evil
Indeed, if we manage to correspond to God’s presence, grace and designs for us especially in our difficulties, we may not be exempted from suffering but we would be able to bear everything, and somehow would still be happy since we know that everything has meaning, has a purpose, and it’s always for our own …