This is not about the 2002 Star Cinema movie entitled Nine Mornings starred by Piolo Pascual and Donita Rose. This is not about the Nine Mornings of a Vincentian festivity either. Rather, nine-mornings is the slang expression for simbang gabi or misa de gallo. In my...
It is the thesis season in our AB-English Language program. Graduating students are scrambling for thesis-defense schedules. And it is the practice that before the thesis-defense starts someone will always say a short prayer before the panel member. They can pray in their own language...
Should college education in the Philippines be outcome-based? I believe that to some extent we are already into OBE or Outcomes-Based Education especially in the technical courses. Some college educators argue that OBE is already practiced in the form of competency-based learning and performance-based standard. When...
In sociology, revolutionary government is a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. In the Philippines there were two important declarations in 1898 that paved the way for a revolutionary government to take place....
More and more women are using the social media in sharing their horrid experiences against violence. By posting on their Facebook or tweeting and re-tweeting posters and comments that indicates violence or abused, many women in the world are starting to come-out in the open...
On May 23, 2017, President Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao amid a Maute-group related escalation of conflicts. There was a perceived state of rebellion in Marawi led by the Maute brothers and Isnilon Hapilon who is believed to be affiliated with ISIS (Islamic State...
(Another thought on vocation) In Roman Catholic Church, the term blessedness is used as a title before the name of one who has been beatified like Blessed Mother Teresa and Blessed Pope John Paul II and the Blessed Virgin Mary is the model of all the...
(Thoughts on vocation) In Catholic terms, where the word vocation was used first, it means one’s state of life. It is single, married, or taking religious vow. In the past, when someone says they have a vocation, or when they pray for vocations, we are referring...
In the United States, the term war on drugs refers to United States government’s campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention with the aim to reduce the illegal drug trade. In the Philippines, war on drugs refers to the policy against the illegal...
A friend of mine, who has a far greener thumb than I, recently took me on a tour of her garden. She pointed out all the varieties of trees, shrubs and grasses she has planted, but one plant in particular caught my attention. She pointed...
