IN HIS March 12 speech during the opening of the First Sugarcane Farming Mechanization Exposition in Bacolod, Agriculture Secretary Manuel Piñol urged the mechanization and the modernization of the Philippine sugar industry “towards increasing agricultural productivity.” He added that the “secret to greater income for our farmers is greater productivity in the face of dwindling […]
Category: Opinion
Is this the way to a peaceful world?
By: John Lloyd WHO will rule the world? It’s a subject that more and more becomes the conversation among Western politicians and policy makers – and its content darkens with every passing month. The consensus, if there is one, is that the world sits uneasily in a gulch formed by the withdrawing roar of the United […]
Holy Cross offers arnis workshop, among others
WEARING my wide-brimmed black and brown hat, there is no other convenient way to get a 30-minute journey to Maribojoc, Bohol. I usually get a ride from Tamblot Street-CPG crossing going Mangga market in order to avoid the grueling wait for a jeep which has no definite departure time at Cogon. I commute daily to […]
Spiritual life and preaching
WE have to remind ourselves that the effectiveness of a priest’s preaching depends mainly on the state of his spiritual life. More than his intellectual caliber and his speaking and entertaining skills and all other human charms he possesses, it’s in the health of his spiritual life where the people can truly hear the word […]
Ilonggo Fil-Am customer: Don’t boycott Starbucks
“I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out.” – Wentworth Miller NEW YORK CITY – A Filipino-American “regular” of Starbucks has urged his fellow Fil-Ams “not to […]
Demonic possession-2
LAST Saturday I wrote about the report that the demand for exorcism in Italy has reached 500,000 a year. That means over 1,000 daily. Although the City of Rome is different from the Vatican, it is equated with the seat of the Catholic Church and is thus a prime target. Demonic possession and heresy have […]
Treasonous hypocrisy
THE Du30 administration is dripping with treason. Even its hypocrisy is treasonous. Two incidents this week highlighted how hypocritical and treacherous the leadership of the country is. Both incidents involve foreigners and a foreign power. The contrasting behavior of Du30 in the two incidents once more emphasized not only the inconsistency of Du30 but his […]
How our patience should be
WE cannot deny that whether we like it or not, we need to have patience, lots of it, in our life. Otherwise, we cannot survive beyond our young age. There are just so many difficulties, problems, issues and all sorts of predicaments that would demand from us nothing less than patience–heroic, holy patience, in fact. […]
Of subsidence and saltwater intrusion
By: Edgar Mana-ay RECENTLY there are self-proclaimed experts and prophets of doom warning the public on subsidence and saltwater intrusion. Again, it would be for the benefit of the public if we put science into these two subjects rather than indulge in fake news and rumor-mongering Subsidence is the lowering of the ground level because of […]
Richard goes to social media for Janette
“A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.” – Frank Abagnale NEW YORK CITY – No one can now accuse him of just watching and doing nothing while […]
The sugar quota system
LAST month a group from the University of the Philippines interviewed me for about two hours about the Negros sugar industry, the origin and development of the hacienda system, rise of the hacendado class, the emergence and decline of the sacada labor force, the stagnation of the industry, among several others. To understand the industry, […]
Imitate the Good Shepherd
IF we truly want to be good Christians, we need to imitate Christ as the Good Shepherd. That is to say, that we have to learn to complicate our life to look for those who are lost. We just cannot be contented with taking care of those who are already somehow safe in the flock […]