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Thursday, January 27, 2011

The good news that is Erica

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo WHILE WE continue to reel from the series of bad news—disasters, heinous crimes, bombing of innocents, accidents, price increases, etc.—that have sprung on us as 2011 began to unfold, we have not been bereft of good news. The case of Catherine Erica Buenaventura was a big ray of sunshine that came during these crazy weather days. And it was not just about her, it was about so many people that...

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Wanted: website for ML victims-claimants

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. DoyoINQUIRER JAN. 15 banner headline: “$1,000 for Marcos victims.” In the story: “A federal judge in Honolulu approved on Thursday the distribution of $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by thousands of victims of torture, execution and abduction under the Marcos regime. The distribution provides the victims their first opportunity to collect something since they sued in 1986. Each eligible member...

Sunday, January 16, 2011

An adventure with God in Mynmar

Sunday Inquirer Magazine/FEATURE/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo CAREER-WISE, everything was going roses for her: a series of job promotions, a hefty salary and a responsible position in a bank, great challenges to prove herself. There was no stopping her rise in the corporate world. And then she made a sudden, radical shift to NGO work with all its challenges, lived a simpler lifestyle and made do with less money. Yet, she experienced much more joy. Going...

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Black Nazarene, the morning after

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo O, POONG Hesus Nazareno… It is now also a tourist attraction, this recent annual orgiastic, mesmerizing ritual that saw millions of devotees, males mostly, taking to the streets on their bare feet with only their salty towels to protect them from the sun and intermittent January rain. If you’re a tourist in search of exotica and a faith experience, this one was good enough if you can’t be at...

Sunday, January 9, 2011

ULAP's silver lining

Sunday Inquirer Magazine/FEATURE/by Ma. Ceres P.Doyo THE ANSWER is in the clouds. That is, if one is to go by the name of this organization run primarily by women and say the word with tongue in cheek.“Ulap” literally means cloud, but for the women who want to start over, go on their own and bravely forge ahead, Ulap means Ugnayang Lakas Patungo sa Pag-unlad. Here the meaning of Ulap translates into something like “a gathering of strength towards...

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Ralph and social action in time of terror

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo HERE’S A great quote for New Year from Wendell Berry, conservationist, poet, philosopher, Christian writer, teacher: “When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who...