We celebrate World Refugee Day

The international community established the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an agency to protect and assist the world’s refugees, which initially helped more than one million European refugees to return to their homes or were resettled in another country. Since the Cold War, the number and intensity of differences has increased worldwide, with most... 

Pusong nagsisisi

Lord, incline me to repent; let me now my fall lament, deeply my revolt deplore, weep, believe and sin no more! Ang sumulat si Wesley ay kumatha ng isang maikling tula na humihingi ng tawad sa Panginoon. Napakagandang ibigay sa Diyos ang pusong nagsisisi nang lubos.  Read More »

DoH braces for dengue season

LAST Friday, the Department of Health (DOH) launched the 3rd ASEAN Dengue Day in Cebu City as part of its campaign to bring down the number of cases especially in Visayas and Mindanao. I interviewed DOH Assistant Secretary Dr. Eric Tayag over my morning radio program in DWIZ 882AM and he told us that dengue cases are on the rise in the Southern part of the Philippines. Incoming search... 

A challenge for Philippine Universities

The Philippines has some of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Asia. The University of Santo Tomas, founded in 1611, is the oldest university in Asia and one of the world’s largest Catholic universities based on enrollment in one campus. UST is also the only pontifical university in Asia, and counts former Presidents Manuel L. Quezon, Sergio Osmena, Sr., and Diosdado Macapagal,... 

The Mother Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education

Apart from requiring Filipino children to finish kindergarten first before they get accepted to Grade 1, and adding Grades 11 and 12 (senior high school) to basic education, the newly enacted Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 or K-to-12 Law, mandates the use of mother tongue-based multi-lingual education. The Mother Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE) prescribes the use... 

National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal 152nd Birth Anniversary today

Today, Filipinos here and abroad observe the 152nd Birth Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the country’s national hero. Born in the town of Calamba, Province of Laguna on June 19, 1861, Rizal was the seventh of 11 children of Francisco Rizal Mercado and Teodora Quintos Alonzo who both belonged to distinguished families. Incoming search terms:152 birthday celebration jose rizal (4)celebrating... 

Jesus on almsgiving, Prayer, Fasting

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Jesus said to His disciples, “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.... 

Pag-isipang mabuti

My child, as you stand at the break of the day, as you were at the food of the hill, will you stop and think where you choose your way, for choose you must, not choose you may, yes, choose you must, and will there are roads that are heavy and untried, there are pathways so narrow that only God and His pilgrimage knight may share.  Read More »

Annoying Ms. X

Dear Manay Gina, Usually, being polite is a nice trait but in the case of my boyfriend and his ex-girlfriend it has become an irritation. Maybe, it’s because my BF is too polite to a fault. He’s nice to everyone including his ex-GF whose manners annoy me. They had an “on and off’ relationship for the past three years before we met.  Read More »

No to junk

Practice what we preach. Students are taught about the value of nutritious foods. Schools should not sell junk foods in their canteens. Department of Education Order No. 08 series of 2007 or the “Revised Implementing Guidelines on the Operation and Management of School Canteens in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools” provides, among others, that only “nutrient-rich and fortified...