Today, Jan. 25, 2023, is the 90th birth anniversary of Maria Corazon “Cory” Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino who served as the 11th President of the Republic of the Philippines from Feb. 25, 1986 to June 30, 1992. She opposed then President Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr. in a hotly contested snap election...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In the Church nowadays, we have this beautiful practice of calling one another “brothers” and “sisters.” Our common bond of faith and love of the Lord Jesus Christ naturally makes us really feel that we are brothers and sisters to one another. Obviously, this bond is more...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In our jobs, there are certain days when we feel like we get swarmed by too much work, things to accomplish piling one on top of another, and we do not even have time to eat or at least enjoy what we eat. In church ministry, this can also happen: on certain days we are just too...
By: Alexa Basa & Badette Cunanan Photos by: Juan Carlo de Vela & Erwin Barleta The Manila Bulletin featured 20 finalists, promoting the beauty of the Philippines in its 20 th Newspaper-Christmas-Tree Making Contest 2022 held at South Entertainment Mall, SM Mall of Asia on December...
REFLECTIONS TODAY What can catch our attention in today’s Gospel is that Jesus looks with anger at those who condemn him for healing a man with a withered hand on a Sabbath. But this is immediately explained by the next words: he “grieved at their hardness of heart” (v 5). Some of us may be...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The First Reading declares that God is faithful to his promise as he made good the promise he made to Abraham. The Hebrews only needed to be faithful, patient, and enduring in their efforts to imitate their models. God’s faithfulness to his promise may not come in the form or...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The Letter to the Hebrews in the First Reading makes a very striking and instructive declaration about Jesus as the High Priest, namely, that “Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered” (v 8). Before this, the author says that when Jesus lived as a human...
The Libreng Sakay (free bus ride) program that started in late 2020 is an initiative that shows government is listening to the people. Recently, when news reports announced that the program would not be extended after it ended on Dec. 31, 2022, people – especially those who needed the free rides...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the central personnel agency of the Philippine government responsible for the policies, plans and programs concerning all government employees, whether working in national or local governments. Its mission is to promote morale, efficiency, integrity,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY We often hear it said, as St. Paul also says, “Bad company corrupts good morals” (1 Cor 15:33). In fact, parents usually warn their children to choose who they associate or make friends with. The fear is that one becomes what one’s companions are. While this has truth in it,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today’s Feast of the Lord’s Baptism is celebrated not because Jesus needed to be cleansed. Rather, Jesus allowed himself to be deemed sinful as an act of solidarity with sinful humanity. St. Paul is even more shocking when he says that for our sake God made Jesus who knew no...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Today, I mark my ninth year as a Manila Bulletin columnist. Since I started writing columns on Jan. 4, 2014, I may have already written about 500 columns. Exactly how many pieces I’ve written and got published, I don’t know. What I’m sure about is that I’m grateful for...
