(Part 2) The Botanical Garden, which used to be known as Imelda Park is a destination where tourists can appreciate beautiful flower gardens in bloom in Baguio City. Near the Botanical Garden is Teacher’s Camp. It has lodging available for teachers all over the country who...
Among the five islands of the Babuyan Islands, the Dominicans have been in the islands of Calayan and Camiguin Norte for a long time now. Four of the islands namely - Calayan, Babuyan Claro, Dalupiri and Camiguin Norte comprise the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan...
My parents taught us to pray the rosary daily together as a family. We were also taught to attend mass every Sunday together as a family. My three brothers and I were taught by our parents to be honest, obedient and respectful to elders. I...
Several months ago, I presided over a mass at Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish church in Gen. Santos City. I cannot now remember what the gospel passage was, but I remember that I mentioned in my homily that we should share our...
I was a young seminarian then, in my fifth year in the seminary, when EDSA People Power happened in February of 1986. Fresh from my novitiate year, the feeling I had was that of excitement, more than fear. There were military airplanes and helicopters flying...
In the late 1970’s, there was a movie with the title “Smokey and the Bandit”. It featured hauler truck drivers using Citizen’s Band radio or CB for short, to communicate to each other. Because of illegal activities, the “bandit”, played by Burt Reynolds, needed to...
“Hi pads.” Whenever I was online, this will always be the greeting I would get from David in a private message on my Facebook. We would exchange private messages, updating each other on our plans and activities. He would share with me his recent climb...
On a weekday, I would usually wake up at around 5:30 AM, to the sounds of cocks crowing in the cool morning breeze. St. Antoninus House, our mission house in Gen. Santos City is situated in a property with lots of mahogany, mango and coconut...
The two and a half to three hours road trip from Manila to the boundary of Tagaytay and Nasugbu in Batangas did not seem that long. On an ordinary week day afternoon, there was no traffic on the South Luzon Expressway or SLEX. We took...
Growing up as a child, I was as playful as any of the children in our neighborhood. I like to play a lot and I even make my own toys. Some of the toys that I made were boats made out of used rubber slippers...
