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Post-Election Introspection as a Filipino American Catholic

Post-Election Introspection as a Filipino American Catholic

The recently concluded presidential election in the United States yielded some very interesting nuggets for me as a Filipino American Catholic. President, Donald Trump and former vice president, Joe Biden split the popular vote with Biden garnering over 80 million votes against Trump’s over 73 million. Biden is the second Catholic to become president since John F. Kennedy. Biden won the popular and electoral votes but Trump garnered more than 3 million votes than he did back

The Bethlehem Star, the Magi, and St. Dismas

The Bethlehem Star, the Magi, and St. Dismas

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him. --Matthew 2: 1-2 While preparing to pray before we light up the star above our Nativity Scene (Belén), we engage in small family talk. The topic: our best gifts. “What’s the best gift I gave you for Christmas?” I ask my son. “Nin

EDITORIAL: Right to Choose

EDITORIAL: Right to Choose

When Senator Panfilo Lacson asked Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin to name the official who allegedly dropped the ball in the course of negotiations with Pfizer about the anti Covid-19 vaccine, the latter suddenly found difficulty in finding his own balls. The confusion has driven certain sectors to entertain suspicions with some even going to the extent of coining a term “kickvacs’ that apparently connotes a very ugly scenario involving bureaucratic red tape. In or

My Father is a…

My Father is a…

We can talk about the local traffic despite the pandemic, or the restrictions on children below the age of 15, or how Christmas parties still pushed through. We can analyze the pros and cons of considering face to face classes or the total firecracker ban. We could talk about the International Criminal Court investigation on President Duterte, or the controversies surrounding the purchase of the vaccine. We can laugh at how Donald Trump insists on resisting reality that he

The Birth of a Book in the Manger

The Birth of a Book in the Manger

On a rainy Saturday last week, I entered the Metropolitan Cathedral of Naga. I had not been to this massive church since the wedding of a niece. I have contemplated its blackness, which is a product of a botched preservation work. I have even pondered why its façade had been cemented all over. We wanted to protest such invasion of inglorious aesthetics but the politeness of a small city however false it could be had stopped us. There is also the reaction of those who come for

Fortuno

Fortuno

An solamenteng buhay na patron bako lang sa Naga asin Camarines Sur kundi sa bilog na Bicolandia iyo pa si Sal Fortuno. Ginatos na mga broadcasters asin announcers sa radyo asin telebisyon an nag-aragui sa saiya bilang station manager asin trainor tanganing makanood nin efectivong komunikasyon sa aire. Nagpoon bilang station manager kan DZGE, Filipinas Broadcasting Network (FBN) paka-graduar sanang high sa Ateneo kan dekada 60. Poon kadto nagparalangkaw an saiyang istatura sa

A Gift From Heaven?

A Gift From Heaven?

A person who “dropped the ball” is said to have committed a stupid mistake in a careless way. But someone who regularly does it is considered a stupid person undoubtedly. DFA Secretary Teddy Locsin last week revealed that someone from the government “dropped the ball” that prevented the Philippines from acquiring the much needed initial 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from the well-respected Pfizer-BioNTech, a joint US-German company by early January next year—it would h

Christmas outshines virus: increasing Divinity…

Christmas outshines virus: increasing Divinity…

I almost died a few months ago. Not of COVID-19 but something else… It was pitch black, drizzling, no stars, no moon, and the lamp post light was kaput. I was cycling straight ahead and suddenly, a black S.U.V. turned to its left. I pedaled to the left lane and there was an approaching vehicle and all passengers and the driver shrieked in horror. Still I am here, writing just for you. Why? It is the Season of Christmas. Now, more than ever, we are closer to God all the more.

Towards A Rational Development Program

Towards A Rational Development Program

Last Saturday December 19 my spouse Minda and I together with my daughter Gigi and her husband Yves, my daughter Ginny with her children Sam, Arlo and Tonie had our lunch-fellowship at the Primus Reto-Bar at Pacol as they just arrived from Metro Manila for a three (3) weeks vacation here at home. On our way to the place, I invariably noticed hundreds of motorcycles and several vans and cars parked along the highway fronting a cockpit where obviously cockfightiing is in progr

STOP the killings! END injustice, fear, and impunity!

The Concerned Artists of the Philippines Bicol Chapter (CAP Bikol) condemns the violence that has resulted in the loss of lives of a mother and son in Tarlac on Sunday. During an altercation, Sonya Gregorio and her son, Frank Anthony Gregorio were shot by an off-duty police officer, Junel Nuesca. Although he has already surrendered and turned himself in, this is not just an isolated case. We are concerned at how state forces have disregarded their constitutional duty to serve

READERS’ COMMENTS

We are featuring comments generated by the editorial, columns and news stories published in this paper. We encourage our readers to submit their comments about the contents of this paper at bicolmail.net or through the facebook accounts of our writers. On “Survival Instinct” (Published on December 17, 2020): • Norman Avegonza “Here in the USA, front liners are getting the vaccines first, then the older susceptible populations in nursing homes and so on down the line. The yo

Police, Army on alert for CPP’s 52nd anniversary

By Paulo DS. Papa NAGA CITY--- The Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office (CSPPO) has implemented full alert status in preparation for any possible attacks that maybe committed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in time for the celebration of the 52nd anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Dec. 26. In an interview, Col. Roderico Roy Jr., CSPPO chief, said that he has ordered all police stations in Camarines Sur on red alert status in anticipation of

City vet urges 6 months ban on hog restocking

By Paulo DS. Papa The Naga City Veterinary Office (NCVO) has prohibited hog raisers whose pigpens are located at the ground zero from hog restocking for a period of six months from the time a case of African Swine Fever (ASF) is reported. Dr. Junios Elad Jr., NCVO chief, said that based from the guidelines of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), hog raisers who have pigpens in ASF affected areas should wait up to six months before restocking. He said disinfection and passive

THE WORD OF THE LORD

Gospel: Lk 2:22-40 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and d

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