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In chasing engagement, some reporters in Cebu subject the dead to ridicule
By several accounts, Brigida Gerzon was a diligent student and great friend. One of her former blockmates at the Cebu Normal University (CNU) said Gerzon, known to those close to her as Brige, excelled in their journalism subjects. Her former teacher, The Freeman Sports Editor Emmanuel Villaruel, called her sweet and said she was always…
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Jerry S. Tundag and the color of the Devil’s testicles
In 1996, a newbie reporter at The Freeman submitted a news article about then Cebu City Mayor Alvin Garcia’s comments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What happened, as is often the case in press conferences, was that the mayor was asked about it after all the other more urgent issues pertinent to City Hall were already…
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Questions sent out to laity on move to break up Archdiocese of Cebu
The Commission on Laity (COL) has sent out three questions for discernment by members of the laity and eventual inclusion in the Sugbuswak proposal that will be submitted to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines in January 2024 and to Rome shortly thereafter.
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On Sugbuswak: While process is synodal, decision remains hierarchical
“The Church’s inherent nature is to give rise to local churches,” said the guidelines for 13th General Pastoral Assembly (GPA) of the Archdiocese of Cebu. The GPA opened yesterday and will run until November 16.
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Archdiocese of Cebu slams door on media on Sugbuswak coverage
I woke up today to several messages about an ongoing press conference on Sugbuswak, the move to break up the Archdiocese of Cebu. I knew there was to be a launch of a Facebook page on Sugbuswak but when I read the messages, I thought that the archdiocese had decided to hold a press conference…