Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos held a meeting with at least nine incumbent governors and one ranking House of Representatives member on Sunday night, April 3 at his campaign headquarters in Mandaluyong City. (BBM media team) A snippet of the meeting was shown on...
The Manila Cathedral in Intramuros will soon have the image of the “Homeless Jesus," the famous sculpture of Timothy P. Schmalz. Photo Manila Cathedral FB Manila Archbishop Jose F. Cardinal Advincula will unveil and bless the image on April 10, Palm Sunday, before the 10 a.m. Holy Mass at the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte remains hopeful that the government's planned strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) would get off the ground before President Duterte ends his term on June 30, 2022. (Photo from LRay Villafuerte's Facebook) This, after the Chief Executive tapped a touted...
STA. MARIA, Bulacan—A bishop of a religious group from nearby Guiguinto town endorsed Tuesday, March 8 the candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. This developed even as his camp earlier called out the Catholic church for supposedly "meddling" in politics ahead of the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Lk 4:1-13 Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God,...
After enjoying the endorsements of religious groups El Shaddai and Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday, March 4 hit the Catholic clergy for allegedly "meddling" with Philippine politics. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.’s spokesman,...
There’s forever in the works of Balagtas, Rizal, and Corazon de Jesus By Dr. Pablo S. Trillana III Literature expresses through words the splendor and pathos of living and dying. By recreating our world, it gives freedom. By possessing power over time, it grants immortality. Balagtas, Rizal, and...
Erehwon Center for the Arts welcomes Marat Pavlov, ambassador to the Philippines of the Russian Federation, and his wife, Madame Irina Pavlova DROOK Russian Ambassador Marat Pavlov Erehwon Center for the Arts started the year on a cultural note with a festive Russian Cultural Night with no less...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today In the Old Testament, particularly in the story of Gideon, God would purposely reduce the number of Israelite warriors to reveal HIS power, lest the Israelites say that their own power brought them victory (Jgs 7:2). The same is true of Jesus’ choice of the...
Consumer rights group stages exhibit by pandemic-hit artists FOOD FOR THOUGHT Artificial Flavor by Geronimo Santos We are bombarded with products that promise instant gratification but most of them are made of artificial ingredients deceive customers. Contemporary visual artists who have been...
The rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country has prompted the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño in Tondo, Manila to suspend their public Masses for the upcoming feast of the child Jesus this month. Photo Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño de Tondo Parish FB The parish...
Roman Catholics traditionally observe the month of January as the month of the Holy Child, in honor of the Child Jesus, the well venerated Santo Nino, whose image has become a common fixture in the homes of the faithful around the country. Photo Catholic Online Before the pandemic, grand and...