Etta's valedictory: Farewell to a dark night

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo There we were, several dozens of us, wearing white T-shirts just handed to us, the back emblazoned with the words in bold font: “MARTIAL LAW SURVIVOR.” There could have been more of us, but not all survivors invited to the 27th anniversary of the Edsa People Power uprising could make it. This was not going to be just any anniversary. President Noynoy Aquino was going to sign the Human Rights...

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Women Writers in Media Now in Aliww exhibit

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo We, the Women Writers in Media Now (Women), upon the prodding of the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (Aliww), are “exhibiting ourselves” as writers starting today until April 30. The 4:30 p.m. exhibit opening is preceded by a 3 p.m. forum where three of us—Marites D. Vitug, Jo-Ann Q. Maglipon and I—will speak. See details of the 18th Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture-Exhibit at: http://womenwritersinmedianow.blogspot.ca/. “Procure,...

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Reporting on the papacy

  Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo With Pope Benedict XVI’s stunning announcement of his resignation from the papacy—the first in almost 600 years—the Catholic world is again praying, speculating, evaluating. The Pope cited reasons of age and health. Who will fill the Shoes of the Fisherman? A most sought-after Vatican journalist nowadays is John L. Allen Jr., a prize-winning Vatican correspondent for the US publication...

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