VCO in the time of Covid-19

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   From a Reuters report: “The surge of infections outside mainland China triggered steep falls in Asian share markets and Wall Street stock futures as investors fled to safe havens such as gold. Oil prices tumbled and the Korean won fell to its lowest since August.” That, folks, is what a microorganism, namely COVID-19, has done, and that is not straight out of a sci-fi scenario. It...

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Outbreak at sea, like a dystopian movie

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   It seems straight out of a drama movie, reminiscent of the likes of “Voyage of the Damned” (which had Oscar nominations) that tells the story of German Jews aboard the St. Louis bound for Havana to escape the Nazis during the outbreak of World War II. Alas, no country would receive them. (They were not the same Jewish refugees that the Philippines took in.) So the ship had to return...

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'Terrorism financing'?

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo So like an intractable virus.   With the Duterte administration’s unrelenting crackdown on its perceived enemies, it is no surprise for members of its officialdom to hit at even those who are harmless, powerless, and clueless vis-à-vis their vicious intents. The latest in the crosshairs is again the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), whose Bank of the Philippine Islands...

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Filipinio healing priest does so 'many miracles like in the Bible'

Philippine Daily Inquirer/FEATURES/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo  Page A1 (Father Fernando Suarez passed away suddenly on February 4, 2020. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1224035/healing-priest-fr-fernando-suarez-collapses-dies https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1224881/god-took-fr-suarez-after-his-name-was-restored https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1211762/vatican-absolves-controversial-healing-priest-suarez-of-sexual-abuse-allegations Here is my article...

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