PRESIDENT Duterte’s tirades against the Church are said to have bred the ongoing intimidation against people of faith. This has prompted various Christian denominations and groups to gather on January 25 in Manila to denounce what they call the incessant attacks and injustices perpetrated by the Duterte administration. Human rights advocates, families of political prisoners,…
Photo by AlterMidya By DELIA D. AGUILAR and E. SAN JUAN, JR. Manipulating the mid-term May 13, 2019 elections, Philippine strong-man Rodrigo Duterte has finally seized full control of the State apparatus. He captured the last institution, the Senate, to guarantee absolute power (after removing an independent chief justice of the Supreme Court), with the…
“We need to speak up and say what really happened, they [officers accused] should be held accountable for the offenses they have made.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle filed criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman today against Philippine National Police and Army officers who…
Last week, I attended HeartMath, a personal development workshop that aims to develop a certain level of resilience to an individual. Resilience here does not only refer particularly to being able to bounce back when something happens. It also touches on the capacity to prepare and to face a situation with equanimity.
https://revlisad.com/2019/05/03/what-i-need-john-20/ By PATIS MUNGCAL National Council of Churches in the Philippines Psalm 104:1,24, 29-31, 34 Acts 2:1-11 1 Cor. 12:3-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 Our reading from Acts greeted us with this line. Being in the nth day in lockdown because of the COVID-19, this line made me ache for a sense of togetherness. Although we…
A lawmaker has called on the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to step up efforts in dismantling the operations of KAPA Community Ministry International, Inc that is involved in what he termed as “large-scale investment fraud” in key cities in Mindanao, luring investors with a promise of bigger earnings.