Proponents of comprehensive immigration reform hope for resolution in August
LOS ANGELES – Pro-immigration advocates are hopeful that the government will pass a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) legislation by August, giving relief to the more than 11 million undocumented individuals…
Stand ground
DON’T fight fire with fire. China, through its embassy, recently rejected the Philippine government’s “Notifcation and Statement of Claim” before the UN’s arbitration tribunal. The letter, which was handed out…
Love, actually
ACCORDING to a survey conducted by Gallup, Filipinos get the most love in the world. “The world leader in love is the Philippines, where fully 93 percent of the population…
Common ground
ACCORDING to the latest ABC News/Washington Postpoll (the survey was conducted by landline and cellphone from January 30-February 3, 2013, among a random national sample of 1,038 adults), there was a…
Double standard
THE verdict is out. On January 28, performance artist and cultural activist Charles P. “Carlos” Celdran was convicted for “offending religious feelings” by Judge Juan Bermejo of the Manila Metropolitan…
Rev. Fr. Altaire Fernandez Associate Pastor At St. John Baptist De La Salle Church
“WHEN you quit when you experience frustration, and you do not try again, you cannot succeed. But when you try again, and you somehow succeed, you no longer need to…
Fr. Rey Bersabal – Pastor at St. John the Baptist in Folsom
FOR Father Rey Bersabal, growing as a priest is of vital importance. Bersabal is the pastor of St. John the Baptist in Folsom. Last year, he participated in a new…
Fr. Benjamin Escosura Alforque – Parochial Vicar St. Catherine of Alexandria
FOR Father Benjamin Escosura Alforque, the Parochial Vicar at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Riverside, California, activism is an important part of his life. Aside from serving God, Alforque is…
Rev. Eurel Manzano
LAST June 2011, Fr. Eurel Manzano, 26, became the youngest priest in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston following his ordination. But Fr. Eurel did not get the “call” early. He originally…
Rev. Fr. Freddie Chua Pastor Our Lady of Lourdes Tujunga, CA
“WE ALL have different gifts. It would be sad, if we [live in a] cookie cutter world. I like to bring the joyfulness that my faith brings – like the…
REV. FR. REYNALDO BONITE MATUNOG, JCL, ADJUTANT JUDICIAL VICAR, ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES
“I FIND fulfillment as a priest when I serve and minister to the people, the faithful, whose marriages and status in life before the Church need help. I believe in…
FR. JO-ANDRE BELTRAN: Associate Pastor Notre Dame de Chicago
WHEN Father Jo-Andre Beltran tells you he comes from a religious family, he really does come from a religious family. Beltran, the associate pastor at Notre Dame de Chicago, is…
Rev. J. Glenn Diaz – St. Paul Catholic Church in Tampa, Florida
REV. Jose Glenn Diaz was born and raised in the Philippines. He took up his high school and college at the Sacred Heart Seminary in Palo, Leyte. Then, the entered…
Rev. Ramon Bolatete – St. Joseph Parish in Lakeland, Florida
FR. RAMON Bolatete was born and raised in the Philippines. He studied at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines, before entering the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay…
Fr. Evelio Buenaflor Jr. – Pastor at St. Andrew Church in Louisiana
FATHER Evelio “Toto” Buenaflor Jr., a native of M’Lang, Cotabato, Philippines is a pastor at St. Andrew Church in Amelia, Louisiana. Last year, Buenaflor celebrated his 25th anniversary of priesthood….
Rev. Cyrus M. Bartolome: Deacon at Saint Mary’s in Bethel, Connecticut
ON May 19, 2007, when Bishop William E. Lori ordained Filipino priest, Fr. Cyrus Bartolome, for the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut, along with three other priests, (from Poland, Colombia,…
FR. ART BALAGAT: Pastor of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in San Jacinto, CA
FATHER Arturo Balagat is the pastor of St Anthony’s Catholic Church in San Jacinto, CA. Balagat is a popular priest known for his work as an activist in the Filipino…
Rev. Fr. Roberto Florido – Chaplain At VA Hospital In Long Beach, CA
“WHY not a regular Tagalog Mass here at the Transfiguration of Our Lord Church?…To feed the deep spiritual thirst and hunger in the hearts of Filipino-Americans and Filipino expatriates residing…
Rev. Fr. Reynaldo Bonite Matunog, JCL, Adjutant Judicial Vicar, Archdiocese Of Los Angeles
“I FIND fulfillment as a priest when I serve and minister to the people, the faithful, whose marriages and status in life before the Church need help. I believe in…
Rev. Fr. Randy Calo Odchigue, Ph.d – VP-Academic Affairs, Fr. Saturnino Urios University
“LAND for them (referring to the Manobos and Higaonons) is not only life, but also it is a repository of culture, their ancestors are there. Land is the repository of…
Rev. Fr. Anthony Carreon Vocation Director, Claretian Philippine Province
“BECAUSE of the mining, the roads are so rough on the way from Carrascal to Cantilan [Surigao del Norte], there are no trees, there are no people, and there are…
Fr. Raul Cortes – Assisting Priest, St. Catherine Of Siena In Reseda, CA
“THE [50-year] celebration will be good for me, but it is more important to build the school [St. Catherine of Siena in Reseda] to make good Christians, good Catholics to…
US honors Healing Priest Father Fernando Suarez’s 10th Sacerdotal anniversary in Montebello
LOCAL residents to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of world-renowned Healing Priest Fr. Fernando Suarez,MMMP on May 12, 2012 at the Quiet Cannon Country Club, 901 Via San Clemente Montebello, California…
Vindicated
AFTER a long wait under four administrations (Aquino, Ramos, Estrada and Arroyo), victims of the Marcos tyranny have more reasons to celebrate the 27th anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution…
Accountability
As of press time, the USS Guardian ship is still stranded at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Tubbataha Reef. Amid all the outrage caused by the unfortunate accident, the Armed Forces…
Ceasefire?
AFTER a 10-day convoluted tirade between Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, the two senators finally called a “ceasefire” on what has become a bitter (and possibly,…
