‘Opinion’ Archives
ATM treachery
My Nokia cellphone ended up in a pawnshop last Saturday. Simple reason—I ran out of money. But this was not in Tacloban where I presently reside. I would not have done it here where there are plenty of people I can run to for help. It was in Cebu. I went there the day before for an important purpose. You might think the moral of the story is that, one should have plenty of money while traveling. This is very true. You may also say it pays to have valuables, like cellphones, that one can [...]
CBCP: Stop your demonstrations; provide options
The Roman Catholic Hierarchy through the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has threatened to parade and litter the streets with protests over the policy of President Noynoy Aquino III to provide options on family planning to cut down on the ballooning scourge of population explosion in the country. The president shows political will in this move even as he may know that the influential Catholic religious leaders would express their dismay, frustration even anger by these [...]
The call for Gawad Kalinga champions, builders and partners
Gawad Kalinga is the Tagalog term for giving or offering of love and care. Man is supposed to care and love for one another. But man has become too busy to care for others. We have forgotten the essence of life and sharing and service for our neighbors in our search for something more. Man has conquered almost everything, the heavens and the stars but himself and humanity. Despite the combined wealth in the world, there are still hungry, homeless and lonely people by the millions who [...]
Making farmers understand global warming
Do cloudy skies signal that rice farmers can now prepare to broadcast and sow palay seeds so that in the next few days they can already be transplanted to watering rice paddies? Rice farmers have been reading the signs in the skies these five days. The skies are sunny bright in the morning, darkening with clouds towards noon and afternoon, and then raindrops start falling, sometimes followed by thunderstorm and lightning bolts. It’s now October. When September month starts sending [...]
“Regrets of the dying”
(Every now and then, you come across an article that draws you up short. The one below did. The author did not give her name. She identified herself only as a “palliative care nurse — one who serves the terminally ill. Worth mulling over this Sunday – JLM) For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when [...]
Marred revelry
It was a day of shock when on September 26, the last day of the Bar Exams, an explosion happened along Taft Avenue Manila injuring around 50 persons and worse causing leg amputation of two law students. The blast, of a fragmentation grenade according to the police, marred the revelry which for years has become part of the tradition during Bar Exams. What was intended as blissful warm wish and reception for law graduates after four consuming Sundays of the exams, turned into a gory incident that [...]
Living simply that others can simply live
I was drawn to this quotation last Saturday after Mass when a neighbor shared the thought in line with what we were discussing. When I reached home, the thought still occupied my mind and made me reflect on its wisdom and I thanked Mana Dina silently for sharing it with us. It made me think deeply on the times I have been selfish. Many times I take for granted that there are many people who go to sleep at night without eating; enduring hunger pangs throughout the cold night with no hope of [...]
File your COCs, run don’t just walk
Filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) for barangay and SK polls started and it will end this October 13 Wednesday. So, run and don’t just walk! *** And, the campaign period will immediately start on October 14 Thursday, based on a SC ruling in November of 2009. Qualified? So get involved! *** A reminder to those appointive barangay, city, municipal, provincial, regional or national officials and employees, and those in the civil and military service and in GOCCs are deemed [...]
“Bad, mediocre or brilliant?
“Bad journalism is not and should never be criminal in a democracy” That’s the Center for International Law’s reaction to an Investigation & Review Committee (IIRC) recommendation: indict two broadcast journalists and three stations in coverage of the botched Luneta hostage assault. We agree. People Power rebuilt, from the Marcos dictatorship’s gags, press freedom from prior restraint. “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press…” [...]
The Kama Sutra: About the wives of other men Part V of VII
Part V clearly states: a man may resort to the wife of another, when he perceives that his love for her proceeds from one degree of intensity to another. These degrees are distinguished by the following marks: love of the eye, attachment of the mind, constant reflection, destruction of sleep, emaciation of the body, turning away from objects of enjoyment, removal of shame, madness, fainting and death. Most of these are eye openers for all of us victims or non-victims of love; and perhaps to our [...]
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