‘Miracle in Rwanda’

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo HER NAME IS Immaculée. This is what she remembers of the place she called home. “I was born in paradise. At least that’s how I felt about my homeland while I was growing up.“Rwanda is a tiny country set like a jewel in Central Africa. She is so breathtakingly beautiful that it’s impossible not to see the hand of God in her lush rolling hills; mist-shrouded mountains; green valleys; and sparkling...

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Three Eves

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo I WAS at the 6th Cinemalaya 2010 film showing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines last Sunday morning to watch the closing three-in-one film (it was the opening, too) “Ganap na Babae.” I went home thinking about a sequel, full-blown, for each of the three. If I am writing about a Cinemalaya’s entry this year, it is not as a film critic because I am not. I write about films occasionally...

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Robredo's Naga:ants in a happy place

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo IT WAS WAS WITH BATED BREATH that we waited for Jesse Robredo of Naga City, one of the ablest mayors this country ever had, to finally be sworn in as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). His name had been one of the first to be mentioned for a cabinet post. And then everybody was sworn in except him. The post had been unabashedly coveted by former Makati City mayor and now...

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Finding ‘Care for Rare’ Orphan Diseases

Sunday Inquirer Magazine/FEATURE/by Ma. Ceres P. DoyoHAVE you heard of Pompe’s disease? What about MPS Hunter syndrome, maple syrup urine disorder (MSUD), Gaucher disease and adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)? Even if you shed tears while watching the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil,” you probably would not be able to recall or pronounce the name of the disease – it was ALD or adrenoleukodystrophy –around which the plot revolved.The recent movie “Extraordinary Measures”...

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Pass bicameral version of FOI bill ASAP!

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. DoyoTODAY THIS SPACE gives way to the urgent statement of the Right to Know Right Now! Coalition on the Freedom of Information Act that we, those in the media especially, want raised from the dead. (Because of space limitation some lines had to be omitted in the print and online versions. This blog version is complete.) Dear readers, please be with us in this crusade. It was the best of times, it...

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Corruption in the peace department (3)

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