Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

Open politics to Christ

By Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com   I REMEMBER Blessed Pope John Paul II beginning his pontificate way back in October 1978 with words that have become emblematic of his papacy: “Do not be...

A SHAMAN FROM THE TOWN OF PRES. CARLOS P. GARCIA, BOHOL

By Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
SUNDRY CHRONICLE By JES B. TIROL Proem KUNG HEI FAT CHOI = HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Tomorrow will be the Chinese New Year known as the Year of the Water Dragon (Bis: Siwágà sa Tubig) that occurs every 60 years. A shaman is someone who has...

IMPEACHMENT TWINS?

By Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
by    Juan  L  Mercado   “The  future is only  the past  again — but entered through another gate”. Is this true?  Perhaps, one  way to check  is  to by  comparison. How?  Take the just-starting  impeachment against  Supreme Court chief justice  Renato  Corona.  Stack that  against  the aborted  trial of  President Joseph Estrada in  2001 Both began in the Lower House, as required by the Constitution. Both  barreled along  similar...

THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT OUR BODY

By Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com   THEOLOGY is, of course, still a toxin, a foreign body in the minds of most people, including our leaders in the different fields like business, media and politics,...

A Boholano’s View by Jose “Pepe” Abueva

By Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
The Bohol Chronicle January 22, 2012 Part 2.  MILF Ideology and ARMM Governance MILF ideology. On its website MILF ideology and aspirations are encapsulated in these words: “Moro is a Nation. No to integration. No to unitary state. Uphold right to self-determination.” “MILF is a...

SIMPLICITY AND HUMILITY

By Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com   THIS is our continuing need. Let’s never be derailed from that focus. All throughout our life, we need to build up and protect our simplicity and humility, since...

ONE VOICE:

By Sunday, January 15th, 2012
THE  RP  ECONOMY  IN  2012 Something disturbs us in the RP GDP growth figures from 2007 to 2010. It only grows tremendously during election years- for not-so-healthy reasons. Consider the GDP growth rates in election years (2007) 7.1% and (2010) 7.3% compared to the non-election...

SUNDRY CHRONICLE By JES B. TIROL

By Sunday, January 15th, 2012
CHANGING WORDS; FORGOTTEN WORDS Proem Any living language or a language that is in current use will always change.  The fastest to change are the words used in the language.  New words will be added, some words will change in meaning, some will be incorporated...

WEEKEND CHOICES — REVISITED

By Sunday, January 15th, 2012
by   Juan L. Mercado   “On a relaxed weekend, before we begin  impeachment  of  Chief Justice Renato  Corona,  you may want to idly kick around some questions that bug people,” my friend Jerry S.  emailed.  Like what? “Like what’s the difference, for example, between bigamy and monogamy.” That’s a...

SINGING AND DANCING PIETY

By Sunday, January 15th, 2012
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com   GIVEN our nature and our condition, we have to understand that our piety should not just be a purely spiritual affair. It should also be expressed in the...
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