POLICE VISIBILITY – A policeman secures a public market in Iloilo City. Additional cops have been deployed in the city which is under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to curb COVID-19 cases. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Crime went down 82 percent in this city which has been under...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) institutionalized the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSH) among its workforce regardless of their status. (DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD on Tuesday, June 15, said that the move is in line with its efforts to continuously promote the...
DELORINO TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Officials and people of Northern Samar are mourning the brutal killing of former University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) president Rolando Delorino Sunday, June 13, allegedly perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA). Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan said in a...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. In the Gospel reading today, our Lord Jesus Christ compares the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed which He considers "the smallest among all seeds" (Mark 4:30-32). Is He belittling the Kingdom of God? Certainly not. For sure, the Kingdom of Heaven is...
Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will carry the “baggage” left by her father, President Duterte, if she decides to run as president in 2022, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, June 7. Former senator Antonio Triilanes IV and Davao City Mayor Sara...
Vice President Leni Robredo is setting the record straight on her political plans, insisting that she has not made a decision yet to run as president or Camarines Sur governor in 2022. During her Sunday radio show, the vice president disclosed that she personally met with former Camarines Sur 1st...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. A man once painted the Last Supper in a way that was never before done. In the painting, Jesus and the apostles were gathered around the dinner table which was bare. There was no bread or wine. The Last Supper re-enacts the Israelites' Passover Meal...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said the pension fund has granted over P200 billion in loans, benefiting over one million state workers and pensioners. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager said on Friday, June 4, that the fund has...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday, June 4, stressed that she is still open to running for president in 2022 amid speculations that she is gunning for the gubernatorial post in her home province of Camarines Sur. VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) In a Facebook post, the vice...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Today we celebrate the solemn feast of the Holy Trinity. I remember one priest who addressed his Sunday congregation this way: “My brothers and sisters,the Holy Trinity is a mystery. If we understood it, it would no longer be a mystery. So let us keep...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. The word "sanctity" seems to have vanished in our vocabulary. We still hear someone tell us: "Napaka banal mo!" But this is followed by a wish to remove us from the world of the living: "Sana kunin kana ni Lord." For sure, we all want to be good. But to...
Despite not revealing her political plans next year, Vice President Leni Robredo is the subject of the political conversation in Camarines Sur as a manifesto signed by members of a local political party showed support if she decides to run as governor of her home province. Former Camarines Sur Rep....
