Do Spanish colonial structures need steel reinforcement?
The answer is no. Contrary to what armchair theorists claim, the lack of steel reinforcement is not the reason why heritage structures collapsed during the recent earthquakes and typhoons.
The answer is no. Contrary to what armchair theorists claim, the lack of steel reinforcement is not the reason why heritage structures collapsed during the recent earthquakes and typhoons.
The battle over the construction of a one-story events venue beside the historic Taal Basilica in Batangas took a new twist after sculptor Ramon Orlina hurled a contempt charge against the parish priest for defying a local judge’s order to stop the project.
Although the destruction of Bohol and Cebu churches is devastating, even more disastrous is the loss of lives and livelihood that takes precedence over the loss of heritage in the massive post-earthquake reconstruction effort.
Some heritage churches in Cebu and Bohol are memorable because of the concerts that took place in them.
An encounter with the five oldest churches in Batanes leaves one with the feeling that neither storm and winds nor isolation and time could extinguish the flame of faith that lives within the island’s people.
Due to the elevation of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle to the cardinalate, the 25th Eucharistic Congress where he’s one of the speakers has been rescheduled. The new date will be announced soon.
There we were—Vic Lactaoen, a fellow writer, and I sniffling because we were crying while watching the film, “There be Dragons,” at the SM Mall of Asia Premiere cinema. Written and directed by Roland Joffe (believed to be an agnostic), the film tells the life of Father Josemaria Escriva (played by British actor Charlie Cox) during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and his escape with members of Opus Dei to Andorra through the Pyrenees mountains which divide Spain and France.
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