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Cut trees in the name of development?
by Cherry Ballescas - May 30, 2026 - 12:00am
Last Wednesday, barely an hour after I submitted my May 28 article entitled “No to cutting of 617 trees on Quirino Avenue”, came the unexpected announcement of the DENR that the proponents of the Southern...
Pope Leo XIV’s Easter call for peace
by Cherry Ballescas - April 11, 2026 - 12:00am
“Easter is the victory of life over death, of light over darkness, of love over hatred.
An hour tonight for Earth: 8:30-9:30 P.M.
by Cherry Ballescas - March 28, 2026 - 12:00am
Can you spare even just 60 minutes tonight, from 8:30-9:30 P.M., to join the whole world observe this year’s EARTH HOUR?
Solusyon sa basura?
by Cherry Ballescas - March 19, 2026 - 12:00am
KITANG TANAN... ATONG KAMOT... ATONG PANINGKAMOT!!
Daily Global Prayer for Peace - 11 P.M. Philippine time
by Cherry Ballescas - March 14, 2026 - 12:00am
With the Middle East crisis escalating and the whole world uncertain about what will happen next, everyone, all of us are throughout the world asked to come together and use the power of collective prayer for world...
Voices of Filipinos in Japan: Language, work, identity, inclusion
by Cherry Ballescas - March 7, 2026 - 12:00am
Last March 4, at the Shizuka Prefectural University, a lecture presenting the voices of Filipinos in Japan we interviewed last year was held.
Never ever forget: 1986 People Power
by Cherry Ballescas - February 21, 2026 - 12:00am
By February 25, Filipinos will be celebrating the 40th year of People Power that toppled the Marcos dictatorship in 1986.
Continuing Love Our Earth 2024 February Campaign
by Cherry Ballescas - February 14, 2026 - 12:00am
Two years back, both the start of Lent and Valentine’s Day fell on the same date! Notice too that the word or letters LENT are in the middle of the term vaLENTine!
Typhoons, floods, waste
by Cherry Ballescas - February 7, 2026 - 12:00am
Lola Basyang is a well-loved grandma of many Filipinos because of her story-telling. May Typhoon Basyang be just as kind/kinder as it proceeded to pass through or stop over many areas in Mindanao and the Visayas...
Yes to waste segregation!
by Cherry Ballescas - January 31, 2026 - 12:00am
Today is January 31, the end of Zero Waste Month, observed yearly based on Proclamation No. 760 which highlights the urgent need to reduce waste generation and strengthen the implementation of the Ecological Solid...
Happy birthday in heaven, Brepins!
by Cherry Ballescas - January 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Sinulog afternoon, January 18.
God and his love always with us
by Cherry Ballescas - December 27, 2025 - 12:00am
December 25 is past. Still, it is Christmas in our hearts with God and his love always with us through all our days and years!
What now, what next?
by Cherry Ballescas - December 6, 2025 - 12:00am
These are questions often asked after the November 30 protest rallies vs. corruption where the Filipino people’s shouts and demands clearly, unequivocably wanted the corrupt to be jailed and for the stolen...
Let us march as one nation, one people!
by Cherry Ballescas - November 27, 2025 - 12:00am
Every Filipino is invited by Pablo Virgilio Cardinal “Ambo” David, Bishop of Kalookan and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, “to take an active part in safeguarding...
Magkaisa this November!
by Cherry Ballescas - November 22, 2025 - 12:00am
Can the diversified protesting groups this November unite, even just for a minute or more, and agree to protest about common issues as one people, as Filipinos, as one country?
What next after the storm?
by Cherry Ballescas - November 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Together with Typhoon Tino and Uwan or even before these, a very conspicuous whirling political storm has been brewing, building up, and, fast accelerating.
Queenship of Mama Mary – August 22
by Cherry Ballescas - August 23, 2025 - 12:00am
“Hail holy Queen, mother of mercy.” Catholics recite this at the end of every Holy Rosary.
Mainstreaming partnerships among food/agriculture producers, stakeholders
by Cherry Ballescas - August 9, 2025 - 12:00am
The 4Ps (pillars) of Sustainable Development --Prosperity, Peace for People and Planet-- cannot stand without the fifth P, Partnership.
Missing the genuine public service legacy of the Aquinos
by Cherry Ballescas - August 2, 2025 - 12:00am
August 1 is the death anniversary of former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino.
“Ayaw Ko Kalimti, ha?”
by Cherry Ballescas - July 31, 2025 - 12:00am
This scraggly boy was already in Plaza Sugbu even before the Sunday July 27th #Zero Hunger/Malnutrition Cebu event formally commenced.
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