The silence of the clams

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo    Tridacna derasa 5/84 (33 yrs old) - Taken at the UP MSI Bolinao Marine Laboratory during their Open House last April 21. Photo by: Willie Lomibao / Inquirer Northern Luzon From the movie “The Silence of the Lambs,” one learns the meaning of the title as the slaughter of the innocents. But lambs aren’t really all that silent; they bleat when frightened or when they sense danger.   Not...

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Psalms for the West Philippine Sea

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo      As we Filipinos observe and ponder the meaning of Holy Week and make our own distinct commemoration of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection, I take liberty in drawing from the psalms in the Bible some lines and themes that resonate with our own cries, the Filipino fishermen’s particularly, as they navigate with trepidation the West Philippine Sea now being claimed by Goliath....

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Rural Missionaries of the Philippines denounces 'red-tagging'

Global Sisters Report/FEATURES/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   After close to 50 years of working among people who live in poverty in rural areas and doing mission work under the radar, members of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, an organization of women and men religious, priests from various congregations, and lay workers, now find themselves under government scrutiny, suspected of aiding communist rebels. Formed in 1969, the Rural...

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