A JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER
by: MUFFET DOLAR VILLEGAS
A painting is the window of the soul. It reveals the innermost part of a human being. If a writer pours his soul into his book, a painter transforms the world through his lines and colors by pouring his own life on lifeless canvasses, paints and brushes. His thoughts [...]

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FOOTSTEPS AND FINGERPRINTS
by: NANCY RUSSELL CATAN
Where is the Simplicity of Life? Why does life nowadays seem so complicated? And so problematic? We listen to the world-wide newscasts and are inundated with the happenings, disasters, wars, unrest and climate change. What will our future be like?
When these things begin to disturb my thoughts and my sleeping, [...]

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“The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask Him to send out more workers for his fields.” - Matthew 9:37-38
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SUNDAY THOUGHTS
by: DR. PROCESO UDARBE
Which leads us to one inescapable truth: since “things” just do not mechanically work together for good, but God’s love does, there is a human response that is expected. If we are to follow the drift of our passage, St. Paul says that “in everything God works for the good of [...]

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HISTORICAL NOTES
by: REV. FR. ROMAN C. SAGUN. JR.
Due to the unswerving determination of Mayor Lenin P. Alviola and Fr. Alfredo Duran, Bacong church has finally restored its pipe organ.
The people of the town acquired this valuable instrument on 28 March 1894 during the tenure of Fray Jorge Carcavilla. This historic pipe organ is the only [...]

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MUMBAKI
by: ATTY JOEL CADIOGAN OBAR
Because of the persistent refusal of NORECO 2 MANAGEMENT to display to us the SERVICE CONTRACTS we have long demanded of them, I am now convinced that NORECO 2 is not owned by the consumer-members but rather a few rotten men and women whose individual and corporate arrogance, conceitedness and condescension [...]

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by: ART UMBAC
A POLITICAL WRITER OPINED that the greatest frustration for a politician is when he is prevented by force of events and circumstances beyond his control to pursue, and thence, secure the public office of his dream.
Conversely, it is said that the most sublime of political sacrifices is when a public man with an [...]

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Some 400 pieces of confiscated illegally cut logs worth P 130,000 have been turned over recently to four public schools in Siaton by the 79th Infantry Masaligan Battalion. The logs will be used to repair and build new facilities for Siaton National Science High School, Mantikil Masaligan High School, Sumaliring High School and Ramon Ponce [...]

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Acting on reports from some villagers, authorities recovered the remains of a man believed to be one of those who figured in a 5-minute firefight with soldiers belonging to the 79th Infantry Battalion on October 18 in Barangay Mayabon, Zamboanguita.
The dead person was identified as one Redin Carpentero, 20, from Lower Tayong, Banilad, Cebu City. [...]

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Illustrating their distrust of the lead investigator handling the case, members of the Dacal-dacal family boycotted the clarificatory hearing on their complaint which was presided by Commission on Human Rights Special Investigator Jesus Cañete, Wednesday. Their absence was meant to drive home the point that they want Cañete’s superiors to remove him from the case [...]

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Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative General Manager Ephraim Taclob urged police investigators to determine the motive behind the killing of one of his employees assigned as member of the Anti-Pilferage Team of the cooperative.
Victim Pedro Baring Jr. was shot to death on October 18 at about 11:45 in the evening near his residence in Purok Crosstac, [...]

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Staff members of Shakey’s sought police assistance after two drunken sons of a prominent member of the Provincial Board went berserk and physically assaulted the store manager and another employee, Wednesday afternoon.
The incident caused unnerved customers to leave the joint, after the two brothers, who were then in company with three other men, started berating [...]

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The owner of Mamia’s in reaction to the story entitled “1 hurt in shooting, P89K lost in resto” printed on October 11 under Crime Week section emailed our website disputing the police report of the October 6 incident and imparted her version as follows: “Your article implied that the whole incident happened inside our restaurant.
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by: FR. ROY CIMAGALA
IT’S good that we study the words of the Holy Father. If we go by what Christ told Peter, “Whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven, whatever you loose on earth is also loosed in heaven,” then what the Pope says, being the successor of Peter, must be what heaven [...]

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EVERYDAY HEROES
by: “KOJAK” HUGHS
I felt a subliminal often unspoken dislike between Filipinos and foreigners. I felt with every day this dislike was growing because our mutual focus was only on the negative. I wanted to create a better appreciation between us. I lost some foreign friends because I would not tolerate a conversation that criticized [...]

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