Top writers will once again gather in the country’s biggest literary festival, “Taboan,” at the Subic Freeport Zone on Feb. 24-26 in line with the National Arts Month (NAM) organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The Papal Nuncio, Giuseppe Pinto, has sent word that he is spending Christmas here. Archbishop John Forrosuelo Du, DD, is moving heaven and earth to ensure that the dignitary will have a decent room at the Archbishop’s Residence during his visit.
When Supertyphoon “Yolanda” ravaged the Visayas on Nov. 8, cutting off communication lines for days and leaving communities to survive on their own, the Coca-Cola manufacturing plant in Tacloban City immediately began distributing drinks stored in its property.
This story ends with a family reunion. But it revolves around a man who made the reunion possible—by hand-carrying 18 liters of diesel to destinations guided only by cell phone numbers, in the chaos and trauma following Supertyphoon “Yolanda’s” destruction of the Visayas.
It’s been three weeks since “Yolanda” swept away his parents, and Aaron is now talking like a reporter—narrating facts in an almost clinical manner, his description so detailed that it brings you to the scenes of devastation in Palo where his family is from, and in Tacloban where his parents died.
The boys and I decided to drop by the grocery store after church to buy the stuff we would be sending to Tacloban City. Nearing our house, we saw five Tawi kids waiting for us at the gate.
In this rare instance, you are at a loss for words, or even thoughts. You are overwhelmed by images of destruction and tragedy which aren’t newsreels from some remote place abroad. They are from right here, at home, and somehow, you know of at least one person who is a casualty of this disaster.
The three-year-old first Highly Urbanized City (HUC) in Eastern Visayas shines again, as Tacloban showcased its first Sangyaw Parade of Lights last June 29 in honor of Señor Sto. Nino de Tacloban.
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