It’s past midnight. Girlie and I have just walked back to our place from the Claret chapel where we attended the wake of Lota Encio.
Tonight was the first time I knew that her baptismal name is Lota. I have known her only as “Elma” of Sarilaya, an organization of grassroots and activist women.
There were other [...]
Two years ago, I served as one of the judges in Panibagong Paraan, the World Bank-sponsored “market” for development innovations. Browsing through the hand outs, I was intrigued by the tag line of the World Bank’s CAS - country assistance strategy - for the Philippines: Supporting Islands of Good Governance.
That could very well be a [...]
Yesterday at the E-Net Philippines office, I was interviewed by writers of the abs-cbnnews.com. They introduced themselves as staff of Newsbreak who are writing a special report to be posted online.
“Are you going to the press lunch tomorrow in Makati?” I asked them. The PBED - Philippine Business for Education has asked me to join [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This weekend was a rare one for me - no meetings or appointments ( I begged off from one on Saturday morning ), and I had time to be with my small “nuclear family.” Girlie and Ayen traveled with me to Mindoro for an overnight visit to Inay and to celebrate my sister Yen’s birthday; [...]
It’s Sunday afternoon and I am at an internet cafe in Calapan City, taking a short break from the hospital, where my mother has been confined at the ICU since early morning of Wednesday. At first I thought only of checking my e-mails, but decided to post some thoughts that occupied my mind these past [...]
The weekend of April 5 and 6, I had two occasions to think back to my prison years.
The first occasion was while feeding my mother at the MMG Hospital in Lucena. Inay was referred to the hospital by Dr. Oabel to prepare her for a second major debridement of her gangrenous right foot.
The debridement was [...]
The text invitation yesterday was for the book launch of Luid Ka! - the story of the crusade for good governance that led to the victory of Among Ed, Fr. Eddie Panlilio, as governor of Pampanga.
I decided to go because I wanted to meet the two guest speakers - Bishop Ambo David, the younger [...]
I spent Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday in Naujan, to be with Inay. The hours I spent by her bedside, watching her sleep, gave me quiet time to reflect on a theme that recurs in my life - passion death and resurrection.
The theme had a very personal angle during those days, because of the pain [...]
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