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Boljoon parish inventory missing
(UPDATE: I have been told by members of the parish that the inventory was in the custody of a lay volunteer who died of COVID at the height of the pandemic. It wasn’t turned over and the parish only thought of looking for it when the issue on the pulpit panels broke out. They are…
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Question raised on provenance of Niño Dormido, silver bed in Bautista collection
Encased in an ornate and antique tabernacle or urna at the parish museum of Boljoon is a pitiful sight – a wooden replica of the Niño Dormido sleeping on a stainless steel bed that looks like a receptacle for a scour pad and dishwashing detergent you’d find in many kitchen sinks.
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Can Archbishop Palma set aside church ownership of Boljoon pulpit panels?
Let the panels from the pulpit of the heritage church of Boljoon in southern Cebu be the property of the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) but displayed at the parish from which it was taken, that’s the proposal of NMP Director General Jeremy Barns.
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Who’s your daddy?
By Dad, the writer of this The Freeman headline meant a Cebu City Councilor. “After child fell to death: Dad wants condos’ permits checked.” The presence of the word “child,” however, makes one assume that the Dad in the headline refers to the father.
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Cebu Capitol to write to OSG over legal opinion on pulpit panels
The Cebu Provincial Government will write to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to clarify its legal opinion on the pulpit panels from the heritage church of Boljoon in southern Cebu that are now with the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP).