Ignored pedestrian lanes
I can’t help but notice the irony every time I approach a pedestrian lane in Tacloban City. The very place where I should feel the safest crossing the road seems to be the least...
“…A Dismal Failure”?
Senator Franklin Drilon, a minority leader revealed that based in the official record on the implementation of the “Build-Build-Build” program of this administration has failed to realize its objective. Of the 75 flagship projects...
An enigmatic future
The arrival of a new year is often wrapped in certainty that does not exist. What lies ahead is opaque, and pretending otherwise weakens our judgment at a time when clarity matters most.
The coming...
Reflecting on the holy week
Breaking into holidays to reflect on the holy days marking the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was recharging to both body and spirit. The holy days are set aside from the rest...
Fiesta celebration
Tacloban City’s fiesta celebration is a grand and lavish tradition, albeit a display of misplaced priorities to some extent. While the celebration feeds the illusion of progress and abundance, it does little to address...
The indispensability of the cross
THAT’S right. The cross, given our human condition, is absolutely necessary in our life here on earth. We cannot even be human, much less, Christian, without the cross. Without the cross, we think that...