Days of Poems and Prayers
/Lent takes a deeper meaning to our world this year as we wake up each morning to dreary news -- a war in Ukraine that threatens to go nuclear, a pandemic still not completely waned, a crucial election that will define the future trajectory of our motherland.
As we do our personal reflections in these 32 days until Easter, we can get some guidance from the art of Fr. Rey Culaba, a Redemptorist priest and artist who recently celebrated his golden anniversary in the priesthood. As a gift to his parish, Our Lady of Mercy in Daly City, California, Fr. Rey painted his interpretative version of the Stations of the Cross, and we have the images here.
A major what-if for political junkies this May: if the next president has a pending liability totaling $2.3 billion for a US court judgment in effect from 2005 to 2031 (currently preventing him, his mother and his elder sister to set foot in the US or they get arrested), what will it do to US-Philippines relations?
As for other questions, existentialist or not, that we have to ponder, political activist/academic Ed Garcia invokes Bob Dylan: "the answer is blowin' in the wind."
More stories on Filipino women who matter:
Paulynn Paredes Sicam on Gilda Cordero-Fernando http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/gilda-cordero-fernando-forever-groovy
Robby Tantingco on why women rule Pampanga http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/why-women-rule-pampanga
Gemma Nemenzo on the poet Angela Manalang-Gloria http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/gemma/the-enigmatic-poetess
Cook It Again:
Book Launch: 100 Poems for Leni
Video of the Week: Gayyam Ben
Philippine Elections 2022
From Cory to Leni: Can another people’s campaign trump Marcos revival?
https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/12/22/from-cory-to-leni-a-look-at-2-presidential-peoples-campaigns?fbclid=IwAR3n9eM_OsYyeEJGa2pZw0cd2cPVAOmNG5RZ-6WLkl-MELZv5pD4006fxD8
[OPINION] A genuine Ilokano’s reflections on Marcos loyalism
https://www.rappler.com/voices/opinion-genuine-ilokano-reflections-marcos-loyalism/
Meet the Philippines’ Socialist Candidate for President
https://jacobinmag.com/2022/03/duterte-marcos-dictatorship-philippines-presidential-election-socialists/?fbclid=IwAR0yX68UJ739Efev9hp84EvbsiAXK3q64YlSoMryJzdkGy0TUCPRpoIw3nc
In Philippines election, priests opposed to Marcos turn pink
https://news.yahoo.com/philippines-election-priests-opposed-marcos-012517401.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma
Solid North for Marcos? Silent movement poses a challenge
https://www.rappler.com/nation/elections/ferdinand-bongbong-marcos-jr-solid-north-challenged-by-silent-movement/?fbclid=IwAR1XajaJ4AdtfPvVdNZy2jo0eMYqfjIgfOfmTm5IvETWCtE5wdiq36Hn9a4
In The Know
How Juan Luna became the first Filipino art superstar in Europe
https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/art/03/03/22/how-juan-luna-became-the-first-filipino-art-superstar?fbclid=IwAR3gDVRSfTihP8u590gbaGso3Q6tgl4dLmLaHeK9InpNngqe75ppZD7VO4k
The Invisible, Afflicted Spy Who Led the U.S. Army Into Occupied Manila
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/josefina-guerrero-spy-philippines-world-war-ii?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fa168b0448-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-fa168b0448-70947933&mc_cid=fa168b0448&mc_eid=15cc48d2de
The Fascinating Life of Nick Joaquin
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/nick-joaquin-life-a00293-20190507-lfrm?utm_source=Facebook-Esquire&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20220306-fbnp--nick-joaquin-life-a00293-20190507-lfrm-fbold&fbclid=IwAR046GOUTexCI96sdJXkj9r_k1SRPZWgcircJpfh1BPutSEzka1qXVt5MiQ
FEAR AND LOATHING IN DUTERTE’S PHILIPPINES: AN INTERVIEW WITH VICENTE RAFAEL
This Filipino Visited 160 Jose Rizal Monuments Around the World
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/filipino-visited-160-jose-rizal-monuments-a00293-20201002?utm_source=Facebook-Esquire&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20220301-fbnp--filipino-visited-160-jose-rizal-monuments-a00293-20201002-fbold&fbclid=IwAR2I1E6SN0TWGGNoUfjSer07q1QfnCIIACFiBwXlhSlJKK2LWzmeYdZleBg
This Filipina farmer turns heads in Canada—and not just ‘cause of her striking beauty
https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/03/07/22/why-this-pinay-farmer-turns-heads-in-canada
Filipino visual artists showcase work in Paris exhibit
https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/04/22/filipino-visual-artists-showcase-work-in-paris-exhibit/?utm_campaign=sharedpost&fbclid=IwAR1PQ7Ru5pxOCpi1WhjcYvrJ50Uu0VMIP8gK1L_o0rgatX6s-Qr38ONxPQg
