President of Radio Veritas
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7,045 total views Napakahalaga ng financial inclusion sa ating bayan. Kapag inclusive ang ating merkado at ekonomiya, mas maraming Pilipino ang maiaangat sa kahirapan. Kaya lamang, sa ating bayan, ang financial inclusion ay hindi nauunawaan ng marami nating kababayan. Ayon sa Bangko Sentral, ang financial inclusion ay isang estado o kalagayan kung saan ang tao ay
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11,290 total views Kapanalig, kapag sinabing digital technology, top of the head ang naiisip natin ay kadalasang may kaugnayan sa komunikasyon gaya ng ng internet. Ang lawak ng sakop nito, at tama lamang na tayong mga Pilipino ay maging mas maalam dito dahil napakaraming oportunidad ang nagbukas at nagbubukas pa dahil sa digital technology. Maski si
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18,205 total views Mga Kapanalig, naghain noong isang linggo si Senadora Risa Hontiveros ng isang resolusyong inuudyukan ang Senado na imbestigahan ang pinsalang iniiwan ng mga mining at quarrying activities sa ating bansa. Sa Senate Resolution No. 989, nais ng senadora na makita ang mga butas sa mga umiiral na batas na sanhi ng pagkamatay ng
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33,583 total views Mga Kapanalig, malaking balita ngayon sa kapitbahay nating bansa na Vietnam ang pagpapataw ng parusang kamatayan o death penalty sa isang real estate tycoon na napatunayang ginamit—o ninakaw pa nga—ang pera ng pinakamalaking bangko roon. Sa loob ng labing-isang taon, iligal na kinontrol ni Truong My Lan, chair ng isang real estate corporation,
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46,007 total views Mga Kapanalig, bakas kay Pangulong Bongbong Marcos ang kasiyahan matapos makipagpulong sa Amerika kina US President Joe Biden at Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Sa pakikipag-usap sa media, ibinida niya na ang pagtutulungan ng ating bansa sa Amerika at Japan ay magdudulot ng “brighter, more prosperous future” sa rehiyon. Aniya, matatag daw ang
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25,742 total views In one short paragraph, Jesus astonished the people around Him for two significant reasons. Firstly, they were astounded by His preaching. Secondly, they were astounded by His healing. Why were they astonished by His preaching? Because He spoke only the truth. Truth possesses its own power. It requires no sugar coating. It needs
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26,383 total views In one short paragraph, Jesus astonished the people around Him for two significant reasons. Firstly, they were astounded by His preaching. Secondly, they were astounded by His healing. Why were they astonished by His preaching? Because He spoke only the truth. Truth possesses its own power. It requires no sugar coating. It needs
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26,382 total views By nature, we like miracles. When we hear about a miracle or read about it, we rush to the miracle site because we want to experience the supernatural through those miracles. Human beings probably like miracles a lot, but God does not like miracles. That is why miracles happen very rarely. God does
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26,381 total views The story of Zechariah is our story as well. Zechariah received a blessing. We all have been blessed at one point or another in the past. After Zechariah received the blessing, his response was doubt. His response was fear. His response was disbelief. Isn’t that what we often do after we are blessed
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26,398 total views Once in a while, we come across children who have plenty of toys and children’s books, and yet go to their parents and say, “I am bored.” We see college students shifting from one course to another, not knowing what career path to take, and then they say life is boring. This attitude
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26,427 total views The blind man could not see. That is a fact. Yet, he warns to me that even if he could sense or see with his being, he could not see with his eyes, but he could sense with his heart. That is why he immediately felt the disgust of the crowd. That is
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26,707 total views In Grade 3, I learned a poem about good manners: Hearts, like doors, will open with ease With very, very little keys. But don’t forget that two of these Are thank you, sir, and if you please. People who are grateful, people who know how to say thanks sincerely, win the hearts of
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27,361 total views Why do people give? Why do people do good things for other people? Unfortunately, our motivations are not always clear and good. Unfortunately also, we are not always aware of the impurity of our motives. Why do people give and why do people do good things for other people? The first motivation, unexpressed
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29,103 total views Most of us are familiar with the Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” The prayer has been adapted by many rehabilitation programs for dependents on drugs, alcohol, gambling, and even
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30,091 total views Children are expected to respect their parents. Younger people are expected to respect their elders. The laity are expected to respect priests. The priests are expected to respect their bishops. And the principle is—the higher, the more experienced, the older, the more deserving of respect. If we follow the same principle, then God
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30,516 total views Prayer is our strength. Prayer is a strong tool. Where does prayer get its strength? The strength of prayer does not come from the one who prays. The strength of prayer comes from the one to whom it is addressed. In other words, prayer does not become a strong tool because we pray.
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28,083 total views What is more difficult, to speak for eight hours or to listen for eight hours? What is more difficult, to speak for eight hours without eating or drinking, or to listen, seated for eight hours without eating or drinking? I think it is understandable that the speaker has a more tiring job than
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31,957 total views Nowadays, we call leprosy Hansen’s disease. In ancient Israel, leprosy was a general term for all sicknesses of the skin. Whether it was pimples, acne, eczema, leprosy, psoriasis, or buni, all of those skin diseases were considered leprosy. Anything that is a blemish on the skin was considered leprosy. Here was a leper.
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33,002 total views We are here to remember what Jesus did and give us. What did Jesus give us? Jesus gave us freedom. It is good to celebrate freedom in this Church that was built to remember the freedom we won in 1986. Jesus gave us freedom not only from enslavement to human masters but He
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12,527 total views Let us visualize this. There is a criminal—a woman caught in adultery. There are accusers and they are holding rocks to stone the woman. Figuratively and even literally, they have engraved the sin of the woman on the stone. We know how heavy a stone is. It is solid. We know how hard
