This Valentine’s Day, celebrate the special occasion with music. The Philippines is one of the top 10 countries creating love-centric playlists on Spotify with more than 22,000 playlists created in the lead up to Feb. 14, according to the music streaming service. Love has always...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) director-general Jeremiah Belgica is keeping his hopes up that the next Civil Service Commissioner (CSC) chairperson will be as committed and dedicated to fighting government red tape as the predecessor who just retired from the position. (Civil Service Commission...
Civil Service Commission (CSC) chief Alicia dela Rosa-Bala's fixed term as head of the central human resource (HR) agency of the Philippine government, will end on Feb. 2, 2022. (Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala / MB file photo) Chairperson Bala was appointed by...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando Dela Rosa We have no precise Filipino words that correspond to "being," "presence," "existence," "subsistence," and other abstract or metaphysical concepts. We try our best to express these using our native words, but we succeed only in watering down their meaning. As the...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando Dela Rosa In today's Gospel reading, Jesus said: "The Spirit of the Lord has anointed me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners" (Luke 4:18). But what if prisoners do not want to be free? What if slaves refuse to break the chains that keep them in bondage? Harriet Tubman,...
Voting 23-0, the Senate approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8930, which seeks the creation of the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority (MDDA). Sen. Francis Tolentino, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government and sponsor of the measure, said the establishment of the MDDA...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. We, Filipinos, are often contemptuously described as being more focused on “personalities" during elections. But the Spanish intellectual Miguel de Unamuno once wrote that it is a universal trend among voters everywhere to adhere more to personalities...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando Dela Rosa Media reports about the grim consequences of a disaster, like typhoon Odette, often show the forlorn faces of survivors, desperately pleading for help, or mournfully staring at the wreckage of their homes, hopes, and dreams. The media usually ignore how...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando Dela Rosa One of the gifts I treasure is the picture of the laughing Christ. It reminds me that Jesus must have laughed a lot. Otherwise, how could He have withstood human misery, the hardness of heart of the disciples, the murderous arrogance of the Pharisees, betrayal...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando Dela Rosa When the Christmas season comes, many of us rummage stores, looking for the best and the cheapest. We behave like "consumptives." In the past, pulmonary tuberculosis was called "consumption." Those afflicted by it were called "consumptives" because they...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Yesterday, a friend who looked haggard and harassed came to me and said: "I wonder what's wrong with me. My schedule is a mess. The pressure of work is driving me crazy. I have become extremely busy, disorganized, and disoriented." Many of us can relate...
Zamboanga Archbishop Romulo dela Cruz died on Friday, Dec. 10 after a long battle with a lingering illness. He was 74. Photo from the Parroquia De la Nuestra Señora La Virgen Dela Paz y Buen Viaje - RCAZ In a Facebook post by the Parroquia dela Nuestra Señora La Virgen dela Paz Y Buen Viaje, it...
