Leo Claridad
Opinion: Listen to the Open Tomb
Three days after, Jesus had risen from the dead. Three women came early in
the morning and the tomb was opened and it was empty... ‘the Lord has risen, He
is not here.’ The Lord has risen; the empty tomb speaks for itself. The empty
tomb the one remaining evidence that speaks what has transpired, what was
inside... may silently talk; it will. There are empty tombs in the Philippine
life. Tombs that can speak and silently talk and it really will. Past presidents
had been issuing orders dismantling private armies nationwide. So with President
BS Aquino’s new marching order to dismantle still existing private armies. Like
it or not, today private armed groups still roam freely in their own claimed
‘kingdom’, particularly now that midterm election is just 13 months away. The
reason is that the private armies are the force behind election-related violence
every election time. If that is the case, why is it that more private armies
surface when Malacañang issued a dismantling order? We have so many guesses...
perhaps there are too many political kingpins with private armies who remain
untouchable because Malacañang looks the other way around in the name of
political expediency. Perhaps some PNP members themselves usually form part of
politicians’ private armies. Candidly, we do not know for sure, however, let the
open tomb speak...
Opinion: He Goes Before Us
Let us go “spiritual” for a little while as we begin our another ‘spiritual’
year after the resurrection.
The Christian world had commemorated the Resurrection or Easter Sunday with all the variety of cedlebrations - all pointing to new day, new life, new light, etcetera,etcetera.
Opinion: Were You There?
The centre of our eyes on this Passion Week was Jesus and the cross. Have you
and I ever tried to have lifted our eyes to that cross on the altar, those beams
where God’s own Son gave Himself to us in a great and saving act. How long had
it been since you and I pondered the events of the cross?
Opinion: Nevertheless a Side Show
In a rare dialogue with the former Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice
Reynato Puno during our Ecumenical conversation where Church dignitaries and
pastors sat down with him, a collective opinion concurred with the former chief
justice about Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment as a “good sideshow...
but nevertheless is a side show.”
Opinion: Human Involuntary Invisibility
There is such thing as mysterious phenomenon, identified by Donna Higbee as
"Human Spontaneous Involuntary Invisibility." This phenomenon, according to
study, undergoes a moment where, for a few seconds or minute, his physical
presence would not be seen around, even as to his self he is there standing
beside his friends. This phenomenon accordingly becomes a focus of studies. Of
course, there’s no scientific explanation yet. However, in the field of
paranormal, many of them claimed, this kind of mystery happens only to people
who attains a high level of spirituality like those who practice yoga and those
who practice deeper meditation in lie.
Hiligaynon: Kawilihan
Ang tao may ara gid nga iya ginakawilihan. Ayhan ginaka-wilihan ang mga pagbasa sang ‘pocket books’ or ano man nga klase sang libro. May iban nga ang ginakawilihan ang pag kolekta sang nanari-sari nga sizes sang botelya. Ang akon kilala gani, ang ginkawilihan niya kolekta mga sapatos. In other words, ang pagkawili isa ka bahin sa pagkabuhi sang tawo agud malingaw sya kag malimtan ang kon ano nga mga bagay nga nagapabug-at sa iya.
Hiligaynon: Kaakig
Ang ginatudlo sa Kristohanong Moralidad amo nga ang kaakig, isa ka balatyagon nga indi masiling nga maayo ukon malain. Ang kahimo-an sang tawo amo ang talaksan kon bala malain okon maayo, kay ina nga buhat nagikan sa iya ayhan nga balatyagon, okon sugo sang iya paino-ino.
Opinion: Embracing our Root
It has always been my sentiment that our indigenous people had been the
sustainer of our land as a nation and as a people. They bear with them a deep
sacramentalism on the existence of humanity vis-a-vis with the land and nature
therein. They had continually played a greater contribution in terms of land and
life, much more in national development.
Bahin sa Hiligaynon: Kahoy-kahoy
Samtang akon ini ginasulat, gina-ugtom ko ang kasakit sang akon naghabok nga ti-il... baw daw ulo sang kanding kon lantawon ang naghubag ko nga tuhod... Salamat kay nakaremedyo ako USB, naghulam sang Laptop (modern na gid man ang panahon, pagsugod ko sulat sa NDB, typewriter pa) kag bisan indi ako makalakat, nakatype ako kag pagka store sa USB pwede na ipalihog send sa akon editor.
Opinion: National Mining
Has anyone noticed? None at all! All eyes were glued to the Impeachment Proceedings at the Senate House. We barely noticed the “Mine Safety Week” celebration. The celebration is all about responsible mining. And, we barely notice however that “the mining industry is portraying itself as a socially responsible industry” where in reality, “it is nothing but a self-serving, destructive, and exploitative industry.”
