A 'science nation'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo After all that cat-and-mouse, cloak-and-dagger chase for information on a church imbroglio that broke in the news last week, I took in a different air last Saturday. I went to the much-awaited exhibit of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) at the SMX Convention Center. I had looked...

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INC minister in US defies church

Philippine Daily Inquirer/NEWS/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo, Maricar Cinco and JaymeeT. Gamil A US-based Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) minister refused to read circulars that announced the expulsion from the indigenous church of the mother and three siblings of INC executive minister Eduardo Manalo, as more questions and alleged secrets of the group continued to leak out. It also now appears that among the family members expelled for allegedly sowing dissension...

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'Deep Throat' shakes up Iglesia ni Cristo

Philippine Daily Inquirer/NEWS/by Ma.Ceres P. Doyo    WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD After being incommunicado for almost two days, Angel Manalo finally speaks to the media camped out till the early hours of Friday outside his home on Tandang Sora Ave. in Quezon City. He denied his earlier claim that he and mother Tenny Manalo were held hostage in their home. But he also told reporters that corruption was rife in the sect. The INC spokesperson...

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Benighted

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo BENIGHTED, adj.—overtaken by darkness or night; existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness; unenlightened. Benighted this country would be if Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay’s pronouncement that elected officials’ term should be “hanggang sawa” (or unlimited) is allowed to come into effect. If he had his way he would change the law on term limits—Binay-ted, so to speak. I...

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1949 Marian message, 2015 oratio imperata

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo “SECRET MESSAGE—told to me [on] Oct. 17, 1949, by the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace. ‘Pray hard for China’s dream to invade the whole world. The Philippines is one of its favorites. Money is the evil force that will lead the people of the world to destruction. Prayers, sacrifices, self-denials and the daily recitation of rosary will soften the heart of my Son as I said before.’” It...

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Other Spratlys claimants

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo     Nations with or without a stake in the West Philippine Sea’s (South China Sea’s) Spratly islands, shoals, banks, cays, reefs and rich fishing grounds must be watching the Philippines’ power team argue at The Hague against China’s encroachments in the area.   Watch us fight, watch us claim what is ours, not through brute force and size but through legal and historical...

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ML victims sue Marcoses anew: Pay up!

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Human rights violations victims (HRVV) during the martial law years under the dictatorial rule of President Ferdinand Marcos are seeking $353.6 million in compensatory damages from Rep. Imelda Marcos, the former first lady, and her son, Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. The lawsuit is for the Marcoses’ obstruction of the HRVV’s efforts to collect on the historic $2-billion (about P88-billion)...

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