331 total views
331 total views How a hurting ego killed a franchise By: Jerome R. Secillano, MPA I am hardly surprised at the non-renewal of the franchise of ABS-CBN for the simple reason that President Duterte repeatedly promised in the past not to grant it. I have compelling reasons to believe that members of the House of Representatives
578 total views
578 total views ‘’The government should not make as an excuse the upholding of national security while undermining human rights and civil liberties. To do so makes the government terrorist against its own constituents’’. By: Rev. FR. Jerome R. Secillano, MPA The controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (SB No. 1083) was approved by the Senate on
668 total views
668 total views June 1, 2020, 12:27PM The saga of religious services in the time of COVID-19 By: Jerome R. Secillano, MPA The community quarantine is slowly easing up but some sectors are still not happy with the IATF’s recommendation as it left some vital institutions to remain “under control” in the General Community Quarantine (GCQ)
596 total views
596 total views by: Rev. Father Jerome R. Secillano, MPA While we are hopeful about the cure for COVID-19, the use of the phrase “in God’s own time” (kairos) may connote a different meaning. It may mean that we have to wait in eternity, so while waiting, we need to follow government protocols and lock ourselves
687 total views
687 total views Jerome R. Secillano, MPA One silver lining in this era of COVID 19 is the discovery of our innate capacity to sacrifice for the sake of the greater good. Everyone is sacrificing. Others though have done more so that others may live. The frontliners especially our health practitioners are basically offering their lives
668 total views
668 total views by: Fr.Jerome Secillano, MPA Executive Secretary CBCP-Public Affairs Committee March 19, 2020, 12:04PM The government is right in declaring a total lockdown in the metropolis and the rest of Luzon as a way of containing the spread of corona virus in the country. Judging though from the public’s reaction, it appears that the
566 total views
566 total views “Reign of terror” President Duterte was visibly irked by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) stinging rebuke of the killings under his administration. In a pastoral letter written last January, the Bishops described the killings as a “reign of terror’’ that victimized mostly the poor. Though, not actually a denunciation of
543 total views
543 total views Globalization is a relatively new concept that has taken the world by storm. It has far-reaching implications not only in the area of business or economy but in the political, cultural and social spheres as well. It is a term generally used to describe the ever growing interdependence of people and countries or
