WHEN Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle announced the scheduled encounter of His Holiness Pope Francis in the University of Santo Tomas with the youth on January 18,...
IT was four in the morning and no one was wandering around the four streets that surround the University. Dapitan was unusually peaceful while P. Noval...
ASIDE from decorating our homes with giant parols, bright Christmas lights, faux evergreen wreaths, and every piece of adornment associated with the holiday, Filipinos never forget...
“Sa maybahay ang aming ba-” “PATATAWARIN!” You hear it, not even needing to leave home- it’s right in front your house’s gates. Perhaps the irony lies...
GROWING up in a country with only two climates, you have to admit that you have, at one point in your life, waited for that first...
THE cold wind gently woke up Jill’s mother at dawn, when time seemed to be standing still and the reverberation of silence was deafening. Despite the...
A lot of people have flocked into the nearest supermarket for the Christmas season. Mama wasn’t fazed by a number of people flocking the shelves, as...
THE clock strikes at 6:30 in the evening and lights all over the place suddenly dim. For a moment, people fuss about this darkness. As if...
NGAYONG buwan ng Disyembre, dalawang letra lang ang sumasagi sa isip ko—ang letrang “P” at “B” (PNoy at Binay, Pasko at bakasyon, Pilipinas at bagyo, proletariat...
MOST of us, when we were little, believed that a white-bearded old man in his happy red garb with furry-white design and shiny black boots would...