15 Bantayog honorees join others on The Wall

Philippine Daily Inquirer/FEATURES/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo THIS YEAR’S This year's Bantayog ng mga Bayani honorees comprise a big batch—15 in all. Seven died in Mindanao, four in the Visayas and four in Luzon.  Nine were in their 20s. Of the 15 honorees, 12 died during the martial law years under the Marcos dictatorship. Three died after freedom was restored in 1986.   The conferment of honors will be held at 4 p.m. today at Bantayog...

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Koran's 47:4

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo One day last week, I was watching simultaneously—that is, switching from one channel to another—two seemingly and vastly different “performances.” On an HD cable channel (devoted mostly to classical music concerts, operas, etc.) was Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem,” while on a news channel was live reportage on the ground in the aftermath of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist attack in Paris that...

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Does Trudeau know?

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo From the EcoWaste Coalition: “(We) warmly welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Manila. We hope that (he) will do the correct and just thing by taking full responsibility for the illegally exported (Canadian) trash (to the Philippines). This is a most enduring gift that he could give the Filipino people. “It is a new day in Canada with the election of Trudeau, a young, culturally...

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'NunStop'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo We shall not cease from exploration/And the end of all our exploring/Will be to arrive where we started/And know the place for the first time.—T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Lines often quoted by those who are on their way to somewhere or on their way back. As experience has taught us, only upon arriving where we began do we realize that there is more to be explored and discovered. Life is a...

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Bullets to extort, scare or shame?

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Murderous, violent thoughts have been running through my head these past days every time I read or watch news about laglag/tanim-bala , or the alleged planting of bullets in the luggage of airline passengers who are detained by airport authorities, perhaps later to be charged with illegal possession of live ammunition. I’ve been playing a movie in my mind where I am face to face with the...

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