Fanaticism or authentic devotion? by Bernie Lopez To lure the Indios of Mexico into Christianity, the Spanish frailes made the images of Jesus and Mary look like them, dark and with kinky hair. These found their way to the Philippines via the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade, manifested today by devotions to the Black Nazarene of Quiapo […]
Category: Opinion
Bulseco simply does not want to leave PCC by Benjie de Ubago
It’s his inflated ego. He has been with PCC since 2009. First as the PRO, then VP since 2010. Whatever his role — he is past his used-by-date — and he refuses to accept the constitution.
How Israel can trigger World War III by Bernie Lopez
During the Yom Kippur war in 1973, the U.N. established two consecutive ceasefires which were both defied by Israel, continuing to attack Egyptian forces on the West Bank of the Suez Canal, in order to gain more grounds before finally capitulating. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who is Jewish, promised that the US would turn […]
Tatanda at lilipas din kami na nagbigay para matapos ang MPC by Boy Galang
Maligayang Pasko po at Manigong Bagong Taon sa lahat ng tumatangkilik sa aking kolum. Napakabilis lumipas ng panahon. Pakiramdam ko tuloy, bumibilis rin ang aking pagtanda. Kung ako ang tatanungin, ayoko pa na matapos ang taon. Ang gusto ko PASKO na lang, PASKO palagi. Kaya lang, walang makapipigil sa paglipas ng panahon. Lilipas at lilipas […]
Typhoon Haiyan: Harbinger of things to come by Cecilia Gaerlan
When I left the Philippines for the United States in 1978, life in the land of my birth was like a page out of a Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Outside the fortified walls where the elite live were shanty towns where the poor and the disenfranchised eked out a living scrounging through […]
Something about the Koran
(Editor’s Note: This article was written by a former classmate who later became a Philippine government official. For obvious reasons, he has requested anonymity.) Here’s a true story about Quran readers. After the signing of the peace agreement between Nur Misuari and the Philippine government, I had occasion to tour the battlefields of Mindanao with Mr. Misuari and the […]
Is the Bohol Tremor a ‘Marian Event’? by Bernie Lopez
Is it coincidence that the Bohol earthquake in the Philippines occurred on October 15, 2013, the anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima? Is it coincidence that the cathedral of the Santo Niño (Holy Child) in Bohol, who has millions of devotees in the Visayas, was destroyed? Is it coincidence that the statue of Our Lady […]
Baka Maremata ang MPC by Boy Galang
Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat na mambabasa ng Philippine Sentinel, lalo na sa mga taga-subaybay ng kolum na ito. Isang isyu lamang ang tinalakay ko sa kolum na ito sa loob nang halos dalawang taon na nagdaan. Isang isyu lang, at ito ang proyekto ng Pilipino Multi-Purpose Center (MPC) na pinagbibidahan ng magiting na […]
US Attack on Syria planned a decade ago
The US-Military Industrial Partnership by Bernie Lopez General Wesley Clark reported in 2007 the existence of a Pentagon plan to destabilize the entire Middle East with the attack on seven countries, starting with Iraq and ending with Iran, with Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, and Somalia in between. The gassing of children is just an excuse, […]
Stop Insulting Pigs
NEW YORK—Now that there has been a colorful public display of outrage against the abuse of pork-barrel funds, with Janet Napoles accused of being the conduit through whom legislators diverted billions of pesos for their own enrichment, now that people have marched with their porcine masks and witty banners, and have had their fun, what […]
Are We in Phase One of a Nuclear War? by Bernie Lopez
There are those who truly believe that the war in Syria can escalate into a nuclear confrontation among big powers, if Obama insists on the use of US missiles in retaliation for the gassing of civilians. Let us take a satellite view of what is really happening.
Hindi raw Donasyon kundi Utang
Humihingi po ako ng paumanhin doon sa aking nakaraang pahayag tungkol sa posisyon na ibinigay kina Ginoong Jimmy Lopez at Ginang Cen Amores.