‘Things To Mind’ Archives
Is San Jose National High School now a religious school?
If we will talk on the absence of religious freedom inside a school campus, San Jose National High School (SJNHS) in San Jose, Tacloban City will surely get our focus. The religiosity of selected figures there had become one of fanaticism they have already lost respect for other people’s beliefs not agreeable with their own. Children of non-Catholic families who are studying there are not just made to contribute to the Mass being held every first Friday of the month, but are also required [...]
Shocking cultures
Some cultures in some parts of the world just prove too shocking to many a people in civilized societies, not only because of their peculiarity, but also because of their cruelty imposed upon certain sectors of society. This is what an Indian film titled Water reveals. Consider first what the synopsis shows below. Chuyia (Sarala) was an eight-year-old widow sent to live in an ashram in the city of Varanasi when her husband died. Chuyia was unhappy about being separated from her home and [...]
The other side
The controversial CCP art exhibit that had enraged religious and moralist folks just never dies up to this point. Debates are still raging. Much of what we hear, however, comes from the critics. We hardly hear the arguments of the other side for being the minority. In this column, I am quoting some lines of “the other side” which I got from my facebook account. It’s kind of interactions between friends, and since they shared these on facebook where plenty of readers could see, I think [...]
My garbage collection job
Life nowadays is indeed getting difficult for many fixed-earning workers, prompting then to resort to many money-making schemes that eventually affect others. We need not go too far to look for samples. Some public school teachers could provide classic examples for this. Just lately, for instance, I’ve been trying to spot for good sources of plastic trash, gathering as many as I can wherever I find them. I have notified friends who I know are frequent producers of such garbage to inform me [...]
Wage earners’ plight
What is salary increase in the face of unabated price hikes of all basic services and commodities? Is it not a rather futile exercise? Well, it surely is; something that almost makes no sense at all. “At least, something comes in to help us combat price hikes,” some people desperately reason out which, in a way, makes sense. If prices of goods continue to soar high and there are no wage hikes, then survival for the working class would indeed prove too hard. Apart from this [...]
Where’s the receipt?
The mandate for business sector to issue official receipts to customers continuously falls on deaf ears as far as many of them are concerned. It remains utterly ignored and violated. Seldom do people involved in business—merchandising, servicing, manufacturing—issue such required receipts, particularly to people who don’t care. Per observation, we notice indeed that numerous shops and stores do not heed this mandate. In private clinics found in private hospitals, for instance, [...]
Young untouchables
The way children nowadays have been empowered, the way they are supposed to be treated, the way they were afforded with rights, privileges, and opportunities in society seems to suggest they are totally harmless and are never capable of committing criminal offenses. In contrast to the biblical mandate of “training up a child in the way he should go for when he is old, he will not depart from it,” the laws of the land, patterned after international laws, had been enormously protective of [...]
Rethinking the unseen
Should you ask me if I believe in supernatural beings like the kahoynons and the banwaanons whom our ancient forbears used to believe in, I would say it all depends on the kind of faith you solicit from me. If it concerns their existence, that they do exist, yes, I do. Does it make me a superstitious person, too? I don’t think so. In fact, many of the beliefs and practices of the New Age advocates are in plain recognition of the existence and prevalence of such beings. The renewed [...]
A plant for the malnourished
Many people now are spending much for food supplements and multivitamins in hopes of enhancing their health. They want to avoid the various ailments that are caused by vitamin deficiencies. They also want to cure their present illnesses that some food supplements are known to be good for, not minding the high cost that they incur in buying these products. Unknown to many, especially to the have-nots, there is within our backyards this commonly grown tree that could easily pass as the most [...]
Brief look at editorial cartoon
How familiar are we with the editorial cartoon? Let me give a little discourse on this topic here, in my column, given my expertise as an editorial cartoonist myself. I’ve been lecturing on editorial cartooning in press conferences, and I’ve been a practitioner in this field. The editorial cartoon, also known as political cartoon, is an illustrated or comic strip version of editorial, carrying a social or political message usually relating to current events or personalities. It serves [...]
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