Confiscate and destroy
From time to time, we hear of voluminous illegal drugs being confiscated by drug agents, sometimes amounting to billions in worth. We usually rejoice because those prohibited drugs were caught before their likely distribution...
Wearable holiness
If what we mean by Holy Week is a week of living away from all forms of wickedness and irregularities, then what we need is not just one week, but a year-long exercise of...
Turkiye and Syrian tragedy, a warning to Filipinos
No doubt, the earthquakes at Syria and Turkiye are the most deadly and most recent natural calamity ever. Tens of Thousands died and fearfully thousands are feared dead.It is one of the most deadly...
Prayer sustains our faith
“HIS disciples asked him in private, ‘Why could we not drive the spirit out?’ He said to them, ‘This kind can only come out through prayer.’” (Mk 9,28-29).
This is the concluding part of that...
When discouragement threatens us
THE story of the 2 disciples on their Emmaus (cfr. Lk 24,13-35) tells us that we can always count on God to help us, intervening in our lives in a most crucial way, whenever...
Agri goods smuggling top BOC’s criminal complaints
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has reported about 75 % of the criminal complaints involve agri products smuggled to the country during the first quarter of 2023. Of these, the BOC has filed 65...