COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACEHow green is your president?By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:05 AM March 31, 2022I am not mistaken when I say that of all the forerunners in the presidential race, Vice President Leni Robredo (VPL) is the one who has seen up close devastation around the country brought about by climate change and environmental degradation. And during her visits to bring relief and...

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 COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACE‘Resibo’By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:05 AM March 24, 2022First off for deniers: Denying the existence of incontrovertible and indisputable proof of wrongdoing deepens the wounds of the suffering and tramples on those who risked their lives to expose the truth.The word resibo (recibo in Spanish, receipt in English), is a favorite word these days and is used for jokes, puns, and also on serious retorts to demand proof. Because statements, avowals, and denials are...

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 COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACEMusic in war and in peaceBy: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:05 AM March 17, 2022One moving musical performance I watched during this time while Russia is raining bombs on its neighbor Ukraine on orders of Russian despot Vladimir Putin was the choral rendition by the Hiroshima Adventist Academy Choir of Paulo K. Tiról’s composition, “Still, We Sing Alleluia.”ADVERTISEMENTThe...

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 COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACERussian star conductor on the dockBy: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:04 AM March 10, 2022A famous orchestra conductor who was a familiar face on the Mezzo channel on cable TV is Russia’s star conductor Valery Gergiev who was a mainstay in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. I’ve gotten familiar with his unruly, thinning hair and sweaty forehead, his quivering fingers,...

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 COLUMNISTSHUMAN FACETimely and timeless: Diokno@100By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:05 AM March 03, 2022Former senator Jose “Pepe” W. Diokno, lawyer, human rights defender, former political prisoner, and nationalist who died at age 65 in 1987 would have turned 100 on Feb. 26, 2022. Human rights advocates organized activities to honor his memory, to stoke further the embers sorely...

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