THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Today is the feast day of St. Dominic de Guzman, the founder of the Order of Preachers, popularly known as the Dominican Order. This year, Dominicans all over the world commemorate his 800 th death anniversary, remembering his promise before he died:...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista took time to personally visit the families displaced by Taal Volcano’s unrest in Batangas to check on their condition. DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista (middle), together with Field Office IV-A Regional...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. We are creatures of desire. From the moment we wake up until we sleep, we are consumed with desire. Desire fuels our enthusiasm to live, dream, and achieve. Sadly, the flipside of desire is disappointment because we don't always get what we want. To...
More than one million families living in areas placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the provinces will receive P4,000 cash assistance each to help them battle the adverse effects of lockdown measures amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These areas include Iloilo...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Â Starting today, the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated every fourth Sunday of July. Pope Francis initiated this celebration for us to treasure and appreciate "the spiritual and human wealth" which our elders have handed...
The U.S. Peace Corps volunteers may soon be deployed to the Philippines to help build better lives for poor communities in the country. (Screenshot from DSWD website) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, July 19, that U.S. Peace Corps-Philippines, led by newly...
Through Untrue Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Contemporary society puts a very high premium on work, not rest. For countless people in offices, factories, assembly lines, and construction projects, work has become their sole purpose for living. But it is a too-narrow purpose. It locks us into a...
A motorist who hurled invectives at Muntinlupa police after he was apprehended for a traffic violation was ordered released from detention. Two Muntinlupa police and two members of the Muntinlupa Traffic Management Bureau (MTMB) filed a complaint of alarm and scandal, resistance to a person in...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. We see many signs that say: "Jesus Saves!" In a way, Jesus never saved. He did not save money or wealth, nor did he keep a pile of souvenirs that will remind people of Him. Jesus did not even have a place He could call His own. He told those who wanted...
All the six financial service providers (FSPs) that were tapped in 2020 to undertake digital electronic disbursement of second tranche of emergency cash subsidies under Social Amelioration Program (SAP) through restricted transactional accounts hurdled the Bangko Sentral ng PIlipinas’ (BSP)...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that local politics in Camarines Sur and the personal agenda of politicians are at play as various personalities from her home provincing are wrongly predicting her 2022 plans. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) During her Sunday radio show with broadcaster...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. George Burns once remarked that happiness is having a large, caring, close-knit family, residing far away from him. One wife said something similar when asked how she and her husband stayed married for 50 years: "We seldom see each other." Like them,...
