Bishop Julio Labayen on revolution and spirituality

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Yesterday while I was working on the column for today, I received word that Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen passed away early in the morning. He was three months short of 90. I had to put on hold the column piece I had begun. And, through his writings and my recollections of my associations with him, enter virtually into the essence of this man, this Carmelite priest, this “revolutionary” bishop...

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As the mind, so the mouth

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo We don’t need a Sigmund Freud to tell us that what comes out of one’s mouth—be it a slip, a flub, interjections of surprise, anger or joy, and other puzzling, shocking utterances—can reveal something about one’s state of mind and heart. What more when the utterances are plain offensive, and the utterer incorrigible, unapologetic? Almost 2,000 years ago, someone named Jesus was already preaching...

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Debating the Marcos stolen wealth

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Ferdinand Marcos Jr., aka Bongbong, was untruthful in saying in last Sunday’s vice-presidential live TV debate that President Aquino and the Liberal Party blocked the compensation of the tens of thousands human rights violations victims who suffered during the Marcos dictatorship. President Aquino had, in fact, signed in 2013 Republic Act No. 10368. The law allotted P10 billion for the...

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POW No. 24 tells of cruelty, hunger, sickness in Death March

My uncle's first-hand account on suffering and faith during the Death March in 1942. He's Mommy"s eldest brother, Uncle Fed to us nieces and nephews. May he rest in peace. Let us remember our courageous compatriots today, Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) which used to be remembered as the Fall of Bataan. _ Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Philippine Daily Inquirer/FEATURE/by Lt. Col. Federico A. Peralta DURING World War II, I served in Bataan with the 2nd Regular...

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The physiology of hunger and anger

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo When farmers who till the soil and grow our food go hungry because they have nothing to eat, it means trouble not only for them but also for us. Much like when bees begin to disappear, planet Earth is in trouble. Hunger and anger ruled when policemen and thousands of protesting farmers clamoring for rice met at the Cotabato-Davao highway in Kidapawan, North Cotabato, on April 1. The aftermath:...

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