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  • Race to Save Dying Naga River

    NAGA CITY-Where the Naga and Bikol Rivers meet in Barangay Sabang, hook and line anglers gather from sunrise to sunset everyday to fish in the grayish black waters that have become not just cultural landmarks but also lifelines for the poor in Naga City.

    One of those anglers is Roberto Magas, 35. He would come to the riverside at six o'clock the morning to catch fish for viand.

  • Flood-hit Gainza Strives to Keep Afloat

    GAINZA, Camarines Sur-There are two things in Gainza that even perennial flooding cannot wash away-the aspiration of the town and the resiliency of its people.

    Beset by flooding, poverty, and out-migration of residents, the small and fifth class municipality (annual income: P15 million to P24 million) has struggled to keep its identity amid the urban sprawl of metropolitan Naga City.

    With 9, 404 residents (2007 est.), the town is the least populous in Camarines Sur. It is also one of the poorest.

  • Holy Father's Christmas Message

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world,
    and all men and women, whom the Lord loves!

    "Lux fulgebit hodie super nos,
    quia natus est nobis Dominus.

    A light will shine on us this day,
    the Lord is born for us"

     

    The liturgy of the Mass at Dawn reminded us that the night is now past, the day has begun; the light radiating from the cave of Bethlehem shines upon us.

  • Christmas 2009

    Is it a mere coincidence to find Christmas towards the end of the year?

    Keeping in mind what transpired this year, we cannot help but brace ourselves for an unknown year to come. Would it be a year of more blessings or more chaos? Will we have better leaders or the same old ones? Will there be more stronger typhoons or some few ones next year?

  • Poor Are Worst Hit by Ondoy; Inept Political Leadership Makes Them Suffer Even More

    A disaster-prone country like the Philippines should by now be a nation of experts on calamities and how to deal with them. But, as Ondoy has shown, Filipinos are almost always caught unawares. And often, the high cost of these calamities are caused not so much by lack of knowledge or resources as by poor governance.

  • Bishop, Nuns View Recent Killing of Priest, Others as Worse Than During Martial Law

    The murder earlier this month of a Catholic priest, Father Cecilio Lucero, has enraged leaders of the Catholic Church. "I cannot stomach what Malacañang is doing," said recently retired Lingayen Archbishop Oscar Cruz of the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. "It seems they do not fear God."

    MANILA - As the Philippines marks tomorrow, Sept. 21, the 37th anniversary of the declaration of martial law that ushered in one of its darkest periods, religious leaders are convinced that the Arroyo regime is proving to be much worse than the Marcos dictatorship.

  • Faith in Ina and a Fifith Grader

    VIVA LA VIRGEN! VIVA ! The
    resounding echo of more than 300
    years of devotion to INA, Our Lady of
    Peñafrancia, is just one of the greatest
    symbols of a people’s love and fervent
    veneration to a beloved mother. The
    word “Ina” evokes vision of nurturing,
    caring, guidance. So it is with our Ina who
    provides a safe harbor in stormy seas, a
    haven for tired souls, a sanctuary for those
    who seek peace.

  • The Big Fish That Kills The Small Fish In Calabanga

    THEY come like a thief in the night.

    Small-scale fishers in the San Miguel Bay town of Calabanga in Camarines Sur complain that commercial fishers undermine their only source of livelihood.

    "Most of the commercial fishers operate at night in more than 20 fishing vessels," said Alex Asagra, 35, who has been fisherman for 10 years in Barangay (village) Bonot-Sta. Rosa.

    He said some commercial fishers were using finely-meshed nets which capture even fingerlings that little would be left for them (small-scale fishers) to catch.

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  • Is the Call Center Industry a Bright Spot for New Graduates?

    In the face of record-high unemployment and uncertainty for new graduates who will soon enter the labor force, the Philippine government says that the call center industry poses great opportunities for Filipino workers—especially amid the global crisis when firms turn to outsourcing more to save costs. But is the industry indeed a sunshine sector for Filipinos seeking employment?

  • Greening Small Businesses through the Microfinance Sector

    When the largest corporations began taking about the green agenda by introducing eco-friendlier products or by reducing their operations' environmental impact, many marked this as a victory in the environmental front.

    There is, however, a diverse segment of economic drivers called micro, small and medium enterprises [MSMEs] who have an innate vision for improving the plight of their local economies but are also generators of environmental wastes affecting ecological issues such as climate change, hazards, water availability, among others.