IN ANOTHER time, Efren Peñaflorida would be called a saint because of his simplicity and total dedication. But in our times, we think of saints as beings up there in heaven.
With Ateneo de Manila University’s sesquicentennial coming up, I began to read up on the history of the Jesuits in the Philippines. There were numerous publications on this topic in libraries—real and virtual—but the most entertaining one I found was on the Internet, with the Jesuits’ story told in stamps.
In the aftermath of the Maguindanao carnage, the dreaded “rido” is now being mentioned, which means bloody feuding among clans and communities in Mindanao. The objective of the rido is to obtain justice after a member of a clan has been wronged—“wronged” here ranging from being insulted to being murdered.
THE recent Comelec decisison denying party-list registration for Ang Ladlad, an LGBT organization, has stirred a hornet’s nest, with numerous columns and blogs as well as letters to the editor castigating the decision.
I RECENTLY WROTE ABOUT ZIPLINING IN INDIA, ONE OF those crazy moments in life where you jump into the unknown (literally in this case) then wonder what you have gotten yourself into.
LAST FRIDAY, I described the long road to suffrage, both globally and locally. In that column, I emphasized how the right to vote had to be fought for, in many different contexts.
Deanna Ongpin-Recto of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines (MFP) first approached me several weeks ago about a series of talks her organization was planning, all about elections.
