Viewpoints

Katatapos pa sana kan satong pagselebrar kan Todos los Santos asin Pyestang Kalag. An ebanghelyo ngunyan na Domingo pagpasarig kan satong pagtubod sa ika-duwang buhay. Igwa nin langit, purgatory asin impyerno. Ini an tolong 'tourist destinations' kan mga kalag nin tawo. Mahalagang marhay na pagplanuhan an satong paglakbay tanganing makaabot kita sa satong piniling dudumanan.

In Ateneo de Naga University, the student photographers of the Department of Media Studies have photographed the Bikol River, or at least its vanishing, dying tributary called the Naga River. In the process, they are discovering what the great photographer of monumental landscapes, Ansel Adams, thinks of photograph as "that instrument of love and revelation."

Effectively empowered and mobilized to deliver basic services, the country's 42,025 barangays can serve as the community-based engines for democratic governance and development.

Reports coming from all over leave no doubt as to the scope and magnitude of corruption and cheating in the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. During our Clergy General Assembly held last Tuesday, every priest present said that vote-buying and selling were rampant in their respective places of assignment and home towns. Radyo Veritas Legazpi and other local radio stations, as well as our local PPCRV units also confirmed this widespread terrible state of affairs.