As the Philippines celebrates National Bible Month this Month and the National Bible Sunday, the Philippine Bible Society is giving 10 ways on how people can celebrate this Book that unites and transforms a nation. LOBBY. Philippine Bible Society (PBS) says that every city, municipality,...
6. Be more self-aware. It helps in your decisions. Big or small, the way we know ourselves makes our decisions either for the better or for worse. Our dispositions can either make or break us in our decision-making. I remember that I was told several...
Travel. The world is too big for you not to explore. The year 2019 is the second year that I was able to travel outside the country after 2016. It took me three years to go out as I was struggling financially but when...
Fr. Nestor D., Diocesan Clergy of Davao shared this during his homily while celebrating mass at San Pablo Parish in the late 1990s. As a seminarian in Ozamis, his class would visit hospital patients especially those without relatives or “bantay”. The loneliest public hospital wards are...
I am glad there are positive rumors about peace talks between the Duterte Government and the CPP-NPA-NDF. I know Joma Sison and Luis Jalandoni personally. In early 2000 I went to Utrecht, Netherlands, to negotiate for the release of Philippine Army's General Obillo and Captain Montealto....
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]SIXTH: Early in 1981, Pope John Paul II visited Davao City. This was the only place in Mindanao the Pope would visit and the official host was the Archbishop Mabutas. Again, he was at the right...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]During Martial Law, 1972 to 1986, the Catholic Church was the only big legitimate group that stood up against Marcos. The political opposition was weak. While the NPA’s and MNLF used force to resist martial law,...
When my mother-in-law and I got widowed, we traveled overland during summer and Christmas vacations to and from Manila. It was cheaper, given that we were 6 people in the van, plus the “uwi-probinsya-kadami” luggages and food “baons”! Except for one time when the barges were...
[caption id="attachment_7613" align="alignright" width="259"] Abp. Antonio Ll. Mabutas J.C.D., D.D.[/caption]On August 31, 1971 Deputy Defense Secretary Barbero who is an Ilocano like the Archbishop arrived in Davao City. The hearings landed in national and international papers including Time Magazine. The Barbero-Mabutas hearings finally revealed to...
Guillermo D. Afable, DD 4th National BEC Assembly November 11-14, 2019 Good morning everyone… Are you good? Let me start with showing a couple of logos of relevant past events, that you might recall...