Month: November 2013
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Days after Yolanda, many questions beg to be answered
Five days since the world’s strongest typhoon first rammed through Guiuan and the the rest of a big area in central Philippines, we are all thankful for the nationwide and worldwide outpouring of sympathy and support for the Visayas. The nation and the world watched in horror the reports of widespread devastation and misery in…
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Goodbye, Fr. Joe: Chaplain of the Parliament of the Streets
In honor of Fr. Jose “Joe” P. Dizon (Sept. 29, 1948-November 4, 2013), a father to Filipino workers and to cause-oriented coalitions and alliances, and a veteran of the Parliament of the Streets: The last time I saw and talked with Fr. Joe was on September 13, 2013, during the #AbolishPork Movement’s #ForwardMarch at the…