By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Yesterday, I quoted from LifeSiteNews the statement of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy who said that he “wasn’t thinking of the Bill of Rights when he banned religious gatherings. That’s above my paygrade.” For a governor to admit that he did not think about the Bill of Rights when he ordered the
May 27, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy One major defect in the Philippine (and many other countries) approach to the Covid-19 pandemic, is that our government copied the totalitarian solution against the disease. The communist Chinese formula is “one size fits all” decision, uncaring who gets hurt or what rights are violated. That is expected in a regime
May 26, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy It is not news that the quarantine that drove people out from the streets into the confine of their homes emptied schools, malls, hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, churches, gyms, and all places where people congregate. Business thrives on the presence of people whose money keep businesses moving, profiting, expanding, and providing
May 25, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Finally, we got the guidelines from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on how public Masses are to be held. The churches are open but not completely and since there are still some restrictions in several places in the Philippines, the churches would not be full. Physical distancing will be
May 23, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Many legal and theology experts around the globe have challenged the order of governments to close churches that effectively denied the faithful from exercising their right to worship. The Philippines Catholic hierarchy did not challenge the state’s order. On May 18, 2020, LifeSiteNews reported that the French Council of State ordered
May 22, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy I mentioned earlier the reported pressure on the World Health Organization by China to delay declaring the Covid-19 as a pandemic. The delay created the belief around the world that the virus was a local, meaning limited to China. And so, the world was unable to prepare and take immediate action
May 21, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy We discussed earlier the revelation of international agencies that Covid-19 was created in the laboratory in China. This information cannot be denied. Now the American Central Intelligence Agency believes China tried to prevent the World Health Organization from sounding the alarm on the coronavirus outbreak in January—a time when Beijing was
May 20, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy If the Department of the Interior and Local Governments would make true its words maybe one of the best things that can come out in this pandemic is the ferreting out of some crooks in government. Exposing the scalawags among the barangay officials suspected of shaving off money from the social
May 19, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Since the other week we had been receiving news of barangay officials in Bacolod and other parts of the country who are making money out of the pandemic while politicians had started their 2022 campaign since last April using public funds. The pandemic has become a gold mine for the crooks
May 18, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy The report of the Philippine Star last May 12 is disturbing and places suspicions that some sectors of society are exploiting the pandemic for narrow interest that go against the common good. We cannot be certain that the alleged discrepancy is intentional. Only an investigation by Congress can ferret out the
May 15, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Yesterday, the Catholic Church consecrated the Philippines to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This date coincides with the apparition of the Blessed Mother to the three children in Fatima, Portugal. The Blessed Mother gave the three children what is known as “The Three Secrets of Fátima.” The secrets consist of a
May 14, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy By the time this column comes out maybe the government shall have announced new guidelines or protocol whether the restrictions imposed on the people shall have been renewed, revised, downgraded, or modified but surely not lifted to return to normal life. A lot of people are talking about “new normal” when
May 13, 2020