VAWC and child support
EVEN IF THE marriage is declared void, the obligation to give support to a minor child subsists.
This was the ruling of the Supreme Court...
History of PH Christianity thru Yoyoy Villame song ‘Magellan’
MARCH 16 is a significant date in the history of Christianity in the Philippines. It was on that day in 1521 when Ferdinand Magellan arrived in...
Sunflower Run as a campaign on empowerment of women, Children
ON MARCH 29, 1984, Proclamation No. 2346 was enacted declaring April 30 as “Woman Suffrage Day” to enable Filipino women to “renew their advocacy...
Mary Magdalene, Easter and ‘Noli Me Tangere’
EASTER is closely related to Jose Rizal’s novel “Noli Me Tangere”. The title is lifted from a biblical line on resurrection in the New Testament’s Gospel of St. John...
Whips for flogging as symbols of suffering
WHIPS symbolize suffering – Christ in the hands of the Roman soldiers, and the cruelties to Filipinos under Spanish colonial rule.
Filipino Catholics are known for having...
Juan Luna’s crime of passion
THE “PORTRAIT of a Lady” or “Mi Novia” is Juan Luna’s famous painting often mistaken as that of his wife, Paz Pardo de Tavera...
Mythical Chinese dragons and ‘bakunawa’
I AM USUALLY among those who converge along the streets of Binondo to celebrate the Chinese New Year and for the special performances (dragon/lion...
‘No to Cha Cha’ in UP Fair and Oblation Run
“NO TO Charter Change (Cha Cha)” reverberated during the recent two main events in the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines: the...
The dances of the ‘babaylans’ in honor of Sto. Niño
THE CONFLUENCE of pre-colonial indigenous culture and Christianity is shown by the special roles of babaylans during most performances honoring the Sto. Niño.
The Sto. Niño...
Saving the Asin Tibuok of Bohol
THE DINOSAUR-egg-like “Asin Tibuok” is a rare Filipino artisanal sea salt from my home province Bohol that was featured in an episode of “Replacing Chef Chico” in Netflix.
“Replacing...