Ninoy's family entitled to compensation

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo I think of Purificacion Viernes whom I interviewed and photographed in the early 1980s. She was in a hospital bed, her feet raised by strings and pulleys, the burned soles of her feet showing proof of torture. She recounted how soldiers strafed her home and killed members of her family. Wounded, Purificacion played dead. A soldier burned the soles of her feet with a lighter to find out if she was alive or dead…. I had said it then and I say it again now: The close to 10,000 martial law victims...

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Finding Nemo in Tubbataha

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo One of the characters that I thought of after the minesweeper USS Guardian ran aground in and destroyed parts of Tubbataha Reef on Jan. 17 was Nemo, the clownfish who is the object of a transocean search in the blockbuster Walt Disney animated film “Finding Nemo.” My childlike, cinematic thoughts turned to the countless Nemos who lost their lives and their womb-like dwellings because of careless...

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Don't ride with armed groups and marked prey

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Here are some recollections and caveats that came to mind after the Jan. 6 encounter/shootout/rubout (?) at a police checkpoint in Atimonan, Quezon, that claimed the lives of 13 people, among them policemen and soldiers, who were traveling together in a convoy. Of the police officers and men, plus the backup members of the Armed Forces that lay in wait at the checkpoint that fateful night, only their leader sustained gunshot wounds. Even after the smoke has cleared, some questions have not...

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The Nazarene's nightmare

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo “This restless multitude, confused or orderly, the immensity of which terrifies us: this ocean of humanity whose slow, monotonous wave-flows trouble the hearts even of those whose faith is most firm…” A line from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s “Hymn of the Universe.” When I read this again in the first week of the New Year, it was as if I was reading it for the first time. Chardin might have...

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Conversation with Fr. James Reuter SJ

  Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Countless students from several generations have had unforgettable times with Fr. James Reuter SJ who passed on last Dec. 31 at the age of 96. I had mine. I was part of the production crew of the huge stage play “The Island” which Father Reuter wrote and directed for St. Scholastica’s College. I still have the souvenir program with lots of pictures in it. I was among those who operated...

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