REFLECTIONS TODAY In anticipation of the Lord’s Ascension, we read part of Jesus’ last conversations with his disciples. The context is the Last Supper. Judas has just left to betray him. Jesus knows full well that his hour has come. He speaks about his glorification, which for John refers to...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Fr. Joseph Dau Vu, SVD, was a Catholic chaplain of the Vietnamese "boat people:" refugees in Morong, Bataan. He related to me how he together with 55 compatriots slipped out of communist Saigon on an old, decrepit motorized boat and sailed to freedom. * * * The...
SINGAPORE DELIGHTS Clockwise from top left: Fried Pomfret with Taucheo, Chap Chye, Curry Yong Tau Fu, and Wagyu Rendang at One Kind House My affair with Singapore is a slow burn. And yet, although I consider Hong Kong my gateway to the world, it was to Singapore that I first went on a work trip....
Ruffy Biazon is the new mayor of Muntinlupa, Jaime Fresnedi is the new congressman, and incumbent Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac got reelected as their One Muntinlupa councilors made a clean sweep of the election on May 9. The City Board of Canvassers (CBOC) proclaimed the winners of the election in...
WASHINGTON, United States – The bells at Washington National Cathedral rang out 1,000 times Monday, with each toll representing 1,000 deaths from Covid-19, as the United States closed in on the grim milestone of almost one million Covid dead. The National Cathedral The United States has...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So that’s it then. Another milestone in Philippine democracy is in the history books. By the time you read this, or sometime in the next few days, we should already know who will be succeeding the Duterte administration. As of this writing—which is happening on the...
Before, the mindset, “buying what you actually need and not just want” was the common practice, where buying should have purpose (need) rather than being a useless whim (wanted). The arrival of a debilitating virus, however, changed all that. What used to be just a desire like internet...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Listening to Jesus, the Jews argue among themselves: How could he possibly give them his flesh to be eaten and his blood to drink? Who would even think of eating human flesh and drinking human blood? This is hard teaching for anyone who takes it literally. John wrote these words...
Joshua Pacio (ONE Championship) Jarred “The Monkey God” Brooks has competed all over the world, having faced some of the best fighters in- and outside of ONE Championship. But when he takes on ONE Strawweight World Champion Joshua “The Passion” Pacio in their highly...
SEA region powerhouse Fnatic topped the DPC SEA Tour II with a convincing 2-0 victory over Boom Esport in the tie-breaker for the No. 1 spot on Sunday, April 24. Photo from Fnatic Fnatic rode the momentum of a dominant Game 1 win behind the stellar performances from Filipino stars Armel “Armel”...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So we have two weeks or so left before we elect a new administration. No doubt you’ve seen the hysteria on the streets — and of course on social media — with each camp pumping one fist in the air claiming to be the saviors of our nation, while the other hand...
A few days ago, Kapuso actress Gabbi Garcia shared on social media a video of her and boyfriend, singer-actor Khalil Ramos, dancing to Shania Twain's "You’re Still the One," deeming it "priceless." It actually received warm reception from fans earning more than 600,000 views. Shania, herself...
