Manila Bulletin
IP associations in Bukidnon receive P500,000 livelihood aid from Hedcor
May 14, 2024 4:20 am
Five indigenous peoples (IP) associations in the municipalities of Impasugong and Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon were given P500,000 worth of livelihood projects from Hedcor, a renewable energy subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp., and Aboitiz Foundation Inc.
Supreme Court’s strategic focus: Will to ensure equal and inclusive justice
May 13, 2024 4:10 pm
Last week, the Supreme Court (SC) demonstrated its will to ensure equal and inclusive justice, one of the four guiding principles in the Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations (SPJI) 2022-2027 enunciated by the en banc led by Chief Justice Edgardo Gesmundo.
Remain in my love
May 13, 2024 4:09 pm
In Acts, Matthias was chosen by lot to replace Judas in the apostolic ministry from which Judas turned away (1:26). Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus to the high priest and bought a parcel of land with his wages. He met a tragic end when he fell headlong. This is another story of Judas’ tragic end, different from the more familiar suicide by hanging (Mt 27:5). Notwithstanding this painful incident, the mission of the Apostles continues, with another taking Judas’ office.
All hands on deck to enable ship of state to sail on an even keel
May 12, 2024 8:45 pm
Updates on gross domestic product (GDP) growth, inflation and jobs released last week by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reflected the outcome of the efforts of the country’s economic managers to steer the ship of state on an even keel in the face of continuing challenges.
I am not alone
May 12, 2024 8:45 pm
More than the other evangelists, John underlines Jesus’ intimacy with the Father. He declares in today’s Gospel: “I am not alone, because the Father is with me” ( v 32). Jesus is not spared of abandonment. His followers would leave him at certain points in his ministry. At his declaration that his flesh is real food and his blood real drink, many of his disciples— outside of the Twelve (Apostles)—“no longer accompanied him” (6:66). When Jesus was arrested in Gethsemane, the disciples left him and fled (Mk14:50), fulfilling what he has predicted, “You will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone” (v 32). But Jesus does not feel abandoned by God. In this perspective, John omits the “agony in the garden” and does not carry the “cry of abandonment” on the cross. In John, Jesus’ isolation, right up to the moment of death, is apparent; even in death he remains in the bosom of the Father, “at the Father’s side” (1:18). Mark and John approach the death of Jesus from different angles: Mark’s cry of dereliction (15:34) from the perspective of Jesus’ humanity, and John from his oneness with the Father.