Dissecting Dinagyang’s religiosity
THERE was a time when I wrote of the annual Dinagyang Festival as a “religious-historical distortion”. While I meant no offense against the Roman Catholic Church, it offended some readers who conside...

THERE was a time when I wrote of the annual Dinagyang Festival as a “religious-historical distortion”. While I meant no offense against the Roman Catholic Church, it offended some readers who conside...


EVERY SUNDAY, I meet with fellow “young once” like lawyer Pol Causing, businessman Melvin de Leon and dentist Bong Gusti...

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