Not solely due to climate change
Moving the opening of classes from June to September stirred much excitement among students from grade school to college. The immediate thought was that, for the time being, this will protract the summer vacation,...
Matin never tires!!
Like Tacloban, Palo was similarly hit hard by supertyphoon Yolanda. The new municipal building was partially damaged, hundreds of dwellings flattened, some public school buildings got shattered and many more. Yolanda! Yes Yolanda!
Three months...
The Good Samaritan story: parable about communication
In his message for the 48th World Communications Day which coincided with Ascension Sunday on June 1, Pope Francis enunciated, “Today we are living in a world which is growing ever “smaller” and where,...
Let our weakness occasion strength
IF we believe in what St. Paul once said that it is “when I am weak, that I am strong,” (2 Cor 12,10) then there must be something good in our weakness, whatever form...
‘Yolanda’ memories and hopes
At 47, Elena Abayan, felt there was no more chance to get a share and enjoy a bit of life’s little comforts. She works all day responding to neighbors’ calls for errands, from cooking...
Reconstruction
The basic question is whether we will keep stagnated with our old communities where there are no clear streets and access roads as houses were erected adjoining with each other, set apart by party...