Puro pangako! Ang dami na nating narinig na mga pangako. Dumaan ang maingay at mapanganib na panahon ng kampanyahan ng mga pulitiko. Lahat sila ay nagsasabing maglilingkod sa bayan. Pero dapat alam nila na allergic na ang mamayan sa mga pangakong napapako. Candidates have spent so much money for their …
Read More »What if pumalpak ang unang Automated Election?
Paano kung nagkaroon ng failure of election? The Philippines is set to have its first ever automated election on May 10. What’s more exciting is the intense battle between the hopefuls vying for the country’s top government positions. And so the PCOS machines were brought in and tested. Some machines …
Read More »Love One Another
“Love one another or die,” were the words uttered not by the Lord but by Morrie Schwarz; the words he spoke to his former student Mitchell Albom who wrote the book “Tuesdays With Morrie”. The injunction sounds to me very strong, very categorical and very demanding. Yes, love can be …
Read More »Ang Mga Jejemons vs. Jejemonbusters
Three weeks ago, I’ve learned of this new term from Vice Ganda. And it was only after a week when I realized that the term was a coined word for a new crowd here in the Philippines that has been existing for quite a long time now – the Jejemons. …
Read More »The Good Shepherd
[Jesus said,] “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take …
Read More »Two Sides of Loving
“Jesus said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, …
Read More »To Believe Is to See
Nagdududa ka ba sa Diyos? Tulad ka ba ni Doubting Thomas? Maaring isipin mo na hindi matibay ang pananalig niya sa kabila ng pagiging isang apostol niya. Subalit makakatulong kung suriin muna natin ang kalikasan ng pananampalataya. Kahit ikaw man, maari mo ring maliitin ang sarili mo dahil sa mga …
Read More »Huling Halakhak
Buti na lang, hindi natapos sa Biyernes Santo ang istorya ng kaligtasan. Kung nagkataon, isang trahedya ang lahat. Napakalungkot naman kung patay ang bida sa isang nobela at kung sa bandang huli, wala nang pag-asa. Kaya salamat sa Diyos, sapagkat sa Linggo ng Pagkabuhay ito nagtapos. Sa pagkabuhay at hindi …
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