Crisis after crisis

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   As most Filipinos celebrate All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day as early as today and in the coming days, it behooves us to observe the solemnity of the feasts and honor the saintly lives of those who had left their mark on this world and also our own beloved departed in many different ways.   And more than that, to contemplate the state of the woebegone country and the planet...

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'Amazonian face of the Church'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   Happening from Oct. 6-27 in Rome is the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church, focusing on the pan-Amazon region that could influence the future of planet Earth. Pope Francis had called for this gathering in 2017. It brings together bishops, indigenous leaders and other cultural, ecological and religious experts from the region. (Women religious are excluded in the synod itself.)    The...

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'Rise for Rice'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   How have we come to this? Those who produce food for us remain in penury and debt while they are perpetually being stalked by hunger that need not be.   When the misleadingly called rice tariffication law was passed last February, its sponsors crowed about it like it was heaven’s gift to Filipino farmers. Actually, the name of the law is rice liberalization law (Republic Act...

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Letters for the 'Philippine Merciless Academy'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   Seven years ago, I wrote a column with the title “Hazing victims, willing victims.” It was a cruel thing to say while a family was mourning the loss of a beloved—that hazing victims are partly to blame for their own deaths. It is not nice to blame the dead, but some things have to be said.   I received emailed reactions, and two of them (from a mother and from a fratman) I published. I use them again now, even as three Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets are still in the...

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