Category Archives: LaoagCentralElem
More jobs?
There’s a blog dedicated to tackling the burning issue in Laoag City today–the construction of a mall that will force the demolition of a heritage school. http://laoagcentralissue.wordpress.com What follows is a couple of interviews with Laoag City folks on … Continue reading
Filed under Debate, Heritage Conservation, Ilocos, LaoagCentralElem
Budding Sociologists tackle the laoagcentralissue
INSTEAD of submitting tired academic papers, my students in Sociology of Development are working on a blog (http://laoagcentralissue.wordpress.com). Using the sociological lens, the blog tackles the complex issues that surround the construction of a mall in downtown Laoag. My … Continue reading
Filed under Church, Education, Government/Politics, LaoagCentralElem, Sociology
Bishops’ pectoral crosses go to the highest bidder
AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales last month gave his pectoral cross (that huge accessory that hangs on a prelate’s chest) to someone who, in the cardinal’s opinion, has served the Catholic Church well. You might be … Continue reading
Filed under Church, LaoagCentralElem
Burgis Conservation
OF COURSE, you’ve already read about the buzz created by conservationists regarding the construction of a mall in downtown Laoag. They claim that there are two Gabaldon buildings in the compound where it is to be built, and that the … Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Education, LaoagCentralElem, Polls, Tourism
Kissing the hand but avoiding the ring
BISHOP SERGIO UTLEG sent me an email asking if I could meet him personally regarding my previous column [“Slap the Bishops: Support the Reproductive Health Bill (IT, Nov. 10-16)]. Initially, I was bent to shun the proposed meeting because I … Continue reading
Filed under Church, LaoagCentralElem, ReproductiveHealthBill
Bishop’s Invitation
HIS EXCELLENCY SERGIO L. UTLEG, D.D., Bishop of Laoag, wrote via email to ask if we could meet personally re: my column last week. I will, of course, oblige to the bishop’s invitation, although it feels awkward as this is … Continue reading
Filed under Church, LaoagCentralElem, ReproductiveHealthBill
Slap the bishops
I GREW UP KNOWING EDMUNDO M. ABAYA, D.D., yes, that bishop known for nothing worthy of notice, save his lavish birthday parties attended by politicians and society’s who’s who. So, I have never really been a fan of bishops. No, … Continue reading
Filed under Church, LaoagCentralElem, ReproductiveHealthBill
