COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACEFrom freezer to fire in KuwaitBy: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:11 AM February 03, 2023In 2018, the corpse of a Filipino overseas worker (OFW) who was a domestic helper in Kuwait was found in a freezer. Joanna Demafelis’ employers, a Syrian-Lebanese couple living in Kuwait (and possibly with a Kuwaiti mindset), left their rented domicile with the freezer still on, and in it the body of Demafelis frozen for a year before it was discovered.Two weeks ago, the burned...

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Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION?by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Woman condemning a womanCondemning a penitent or nonpenitent to hellfire is a no-no, with or without biblical admonitions from the sanctimonious and the pure of heart, but verily it is right and just to condemn the evil deed itself for which a penitent is asking for forgiveness.More than relief (because what else is new after a series of recantations by witnesses?), it was disgust. It was my reaction upon learning of the acquittal for a murder case of self-styled whistleblower Sandra Cam...

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 https://opinion.inquirer.net/160453/onion-suicidesOnion suicidesBy: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:11 AM January 20, 2023I have in my head a story scenario—dystopian, fictional—where poor Filipino onion farmers who are heavily in debt rise up in revolt because of the neglect and shabby treatment they get from government officials who choose to hobnob with the world’s wealthiest and wallow in food porn, instead of addressing problems of starvation on the ground. I have it all written out...

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HUMAN FACEAcquitted!By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:11 AM January 13, 2023Read more: https://opinion.inquirer.net/?p=160279#ixzz7s2XxYcywFollow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook In the end, it was a triumph for those wrongly accused of perjury, a triumph for the 10 human rights defenders whose only intention or fault, if you may, was to seek protection for themselves and their fellow human rights workers but who, as a result, were accused...

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 COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACEScrollback: ‘Ein Papst aus Deutschland’By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:11 AM January 06, 2023Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger, German) died on Dec. 31, 2022 at the age of 95 and was laid to rest yesterday amid solemn rites at the Vatican City. As we all know, he resigned from the papacy in 2013 for health reasons and was succeeded by Pope Francis (Jorge...

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 COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACE‘Chasing Windmills’By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:06 AM December 30, 2022Eyes are on the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands, where Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) founder Jose Ma. Sison died on Dec. 16 after his almost four decades in the land of windmills. Utrecht is where a group of Filipinos is on self-exile, working for decades to promote the fulfillment...

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