MANILA, Sept. 3, 2010—As another campaign period begins, a green group has called on barangay and youth council candidates to “campaign simply and ecologically.”

Roy Alvarez, President of the EcoWaste Coalition, said candidates should “set a good example in green leadership and governance through campaigning simply and ecologically.”

“Instead of wasting resources for excessive campaign leaflets, posters and banners that will likely end up as trash, why not mount...

  THE Columbian Squires of the Knights of Columbus Luzon Jurisdiction has once again achieved the “greatest gain” in its membership recruitment. The announcement was made during the Knights of Columbus 128th Supreme Convention in Washington D.C. last August 3-5, 2010. According to Jose Cuaresma, Chairman of the Columbian Squires, “the group has posted a net gain of 2,225 Squires to end the fraternal year with 11,315 memberships.” “Luzon Jurisdiction also captured the top Net Gain of...

MANILA, August 31, 2010—Pro-lifers have renewed the call on legislators to pass two important bills in Congress which support the promotion and defence of life. The lobby group in a statement urged lawmakers to deliberate on and pass two proposed life bills titled “Citizen Protection Act” and “Protection of the Unborn Child Act 2010.” The call was made after a Manila policeman turned hostage taker killed eight HongKong tourists as seen in television worldwide. “Why a dismissed policeman...

  29 August 2010 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Sirach 3, 17-18; Psalm 68; Hebrews 12, 18-24; Luke 14, 1-14   Today Jesus addresses our base motives. I have two points: First, a word about humility. Humility is not low self-esteem or self-abasement. We are not to behave in a way so as to degrade or belittle ourselves. This is false humility. It is false because we use our humble behavior as a subterfuge, a ploy to be noticed by the everyone as we are led to our “prominent seats.” We do...

  MANILA, August 29, 2010—Watch a movie and feed a hungry child. A movie that tells the greatest miracle of the 20th century will be shown in special screening to raise funds for the benefits of malnourished children. Hapag-Asa, a program of the Pondo ng Pinoy that feeds at least 120,000 poor children each year, will be the recipient of the proceeds of “The 13th Day”—a movie on the miracle of Fatima. The 13th Day, a film on the three young children who witnessed the apparition of Our...

I NOW have six children. One day, I had zero. The next day, I have six. No, I don’t have six wives that gave birth on the same day. Last June 1996, I took in six orphans in my little bamboo hut in Anawim. Varying in ages, they’re siblings whose parents died a few years back. Taking them was a big mistake. I ate with these kids, prayed with them, played with them, read them bedtime stories, and whenever I arrived home, they’d hang on to me like I was a Christmas tree. When we’d finish...

“SO Karl, how are you recovering from your intense weekend with the special operations over at the Black Sea?” The question nearly jolted the first year student out of his seat. “Ho…, how… how did you know, Father?” he retorted. “That was supposed to be a….” “…a secret?” I smiled. “These days, with FaceBook around, there isn’t really any room for secrets. And definitely not an operation you and your friends have eagerly been preparing for even before summer break.” “But...