'Paawa" tearjerkers from the media

I agree with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano when he wished that media would focus more on the magnitude of the crime rather on the supposed difficult prison conditions the senators accused of plunder will have to live with. “Difficult” means newly painted rooms with bath for each celebrity detainee, foam beds, electric fans—amenities regular detainees can only dream of. But still a far cry from the supercomfortable lives these wealthy senators have been...

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Our daily garlic

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo I do not remember a time when garlic made the news because it became rare and expensive. Perhaps now is the first time most of us are experiencing the problem and getting daily news about it. Prices have gone up 10 times or more, and those in the food preparation business are alarmed. Self-styled chefs at home or in turo-turo cannot use enough of this kitchen mainstay because its price has...

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Coconut sunrise, sunset

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo I once wrote a column piece, “Coconut sunrise” (4/25/13), on the amazing wonders and possibilities of the coconut that have not been fully tapped because there is little government support for coconut advocates’ out-of-the-box thinking and daring. In other words, the coconut industry has been seen mainly as a source of cooking oil. A pity because the wonder tree—its fruits, especially—has...

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Not complicated: Wedding vows for two women in love

Sunday Inquirer Magazine/FEATURES/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo    Two women, a Filipino and an American, will legally marry each other this month before an American judge in Illinois. Or, should circumstances allow, before a willing Catholic priest licensed to officiate civil weddings. Erlinda Perlado, 55, and American Joan Mertens, 70, were betrothed to each other in 2010 in a union ceremony led by a woman priest of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion....

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