75 years since Auschwitz

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   Jan. 27 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in Poland in 1945. The Embassy of Poland reminded me of this. If not for the so-called Holocaust movies from Hollywood and Europe, we would not have the visual and aural feel of the unspeakable crimes the German Nazis of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler committed against European Jews...

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'1000 and one malongs' for Taal evacuees

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   Some Facebook friends and I have embarked on “1000 and One Malongs” for the Taal volcano evacuees now in evacuation centers in Batangas province and surrounding provinces as well.   A malong (tube garment commonly used in Southern Philippines and in parts of Southeast Asia) is multifunctional. It can be used as a blanket, tapis, baby carrier, head wrap, body wrap when it is...

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'The Mysteries of Taal'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo “We left the town (of Taal), fleeing from this living picture of Sodom, with incessant fear lest the raging waters of the lake overtake us, which were… invading the main part of town, sweeping away everything which they encountered… The worst… the lake is rising and invading the towns of Lipa and Tanauan, both being on the lowest level, and inundating their buildings.” —Fr. Francisco Bencuchillo,...

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The Nazareno in the time of 'Yorme'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Will it be different this time? Will the yearly only-in-the-Philippines phenomenon that is the procession of the Black Nazarene that sees millions of sweaty, unshod Filipinos crashing into each other be tamer and cleaner (though not totally garbage-free, that’s for sure) today?   Whatever, today’s big event will be a sight to behold, indeed. Behold the ebb and flow and how it peaks,...

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Sylvia Mayuga, writer, 76

Philippine Daily Inquirer/NEWS/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo  ...

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Hope for learning, mentoring the mentors

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. D...

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