This weekend, Girlie, Ayen, and I are in Lucena City for a gathering of the Villariba clan. We are celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Cesar Viilariba and Flotilda Collantes - Tatay Iba and Nanay Nene.
The 60 years of loving partnership has produced 13 children (Girlie is the second child, the first girl), and as [...]
Last Wednesday, I took a taxi to the airport from the Development Academy of the Philippines; I was part of a panel that commented on a research into farmer beneficiaries in the banana plantations.
Waiting for me at the Centennial airport was Franklin Quijano, former mayor of Iligan City. We flew together to Cebu, to speak [...]
I spent this Sunday editing the documentation from the Strategic Planning Workshop I facilitated for TESDA Region 1. But in between, I read the web postings in the virtual seminar hosted by ICAE, the International Council for Adult Education, as part of the run up to CONFINTEA 6 in 2009.
When the case is made for [...]
Girlie and I flew to Laoag City last Wednesday evening, and were fetched at the airport by Merle Blanco, TESDA Provincial Director of Ilocos Norte. She brought us by car to Ilocos Sur, to the Cabugao Beach Resort, where Washington “Boying” Agustin, TESDA Regional Director, was waiting.
TESDA Region 1 had invited me to to be [...]
Saturday May 10, I was invited to speak at the first assembly of PAX - Philippine Association of Ex-Seminarians. We met under the shade of the trees at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Memorial Center.
It was a chance to get in touch with some friends I knew in the SVD seminary, including Fr. Mike Padua who was [...]
The next two days, I will be busy with the pre-summit and summit on agrarian reform, sponsored by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and the Rural Poor Solidarity. I have been asked to listen to the presentations and workshop reports, and attempt a synthesis at the end.
But this Sunday evening, my thoughts are [...]
It’s the day after May 1, and I am checking the new internet place in Naujan, my hometown.
I missed yesterday’s mass actions, but not really. Everytime one of these political ”liturgical” dates come up, it’s dificult to choose among the competing events, much less attend all of them. Last year this was easier resolved since ELF had a group of [...]
Just got back from a too-short visit to Sorsogon. Oyen Dorotan invited me to speak at a strategic planning workshop of VCI - the Veritas College of Irosin; we were joined at the airport by a young lawyer who was with the team that had done “due diligence” - legal, financial, and operational.
When our plane [...]
Last Tuesday evening, Girlie and I had dinner with Beth and Tony de Castro at their new place near Tierra Pura. They invited us to meet their visitors from Laos - Sombath Somphone, the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for community leadership, and his wife Shui Ming whom Beth met during her work in Unicef.
Beth wanted [...]
Today was a first experience for me as a commuter - taking a ride on all the three light rail transport lines of MetroManila.
I was scheduled to speak at the Philippine Normal University at 9 am, but was worried about the morning traffic from Quezon City to Manila. So I woke up early, [...]
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