GMA news report on the CKC YSO

The Celebrity Hound Struck Again

That's me with Cultural Anthropologist and Author Dr. Katrin De Guia; aka the wife of Kidlat Tahimik. She was a resource speakers in one of the forums during the Maharlika Sunrise Festival.

Nahinumdum ka pa sini?

At half past lunchtime a year ago today, Calbayog got "chaotic" after it was "hit" by a Tsunami scare. I still have no idea how or where it started, but certainly those good-for-nothing individuals who were behind the scare succeeded in sowing panic among a good number of Calbayognons all over. But on the other hand, considering the resiliency that characterize many of us, we all had a good laugh about the whole thing after the panic has settled down.

Here are some pictures (I don't remember who gave me these) which i would like to share with you as we recall those unforgettable moments.

The Celebrity Hound struck again

DOT Undersecretary Ma. Victoria Jasmin visited Calbayog today. After our dinner at Marcial's Grille, as expected I had my picture taken with the Usec. Well, this is the closest that I can get to Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez.

A Year Ago

A year ago (at past 9:00 p.m. of Nov. 9, 2013) a composite group from LGU-Calbayog led by Mayor Ronald Aquino made it to Tacloban. The Calbayog LGU Team was the first group from outside Tacloban to deliver water and relief goods for some residents of the city devastated a day earlier by Typhoon Yolanda.

The Celebrity Hound struck again

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario Montejo was in Calbayog today. Mayor Ronald Aquino tendered a small dinner for him to which I was invited (at the last minuet). Anyway, the most important thing for the celebrity hound in me was this picture with the DOST Secretary.

(A Calbayognon) Filipino priest in Sierra Leone won’t leave Ebola-stricken people

Filipino priest in Sierra Leone won’t leave Ebola-stricken people
By Jennifer Allegado

Fr. Anthony Patrick Santianez, flanked by two Sierra Leone faithfuls, decides to stay with his parishioners despite the threat of Ebola virus. FILE PHOTO/CBCP NEWS/Inquirer Photo

CALBAYOG CITY, Philippines — Relatives of Anthony Patrick Santianez, a missionary priest in Sierra Leone, say they fear for his health and even his life as he has insisted on staying on with his parishioners in the Ebola-stricken West African country.

The priest’s elder sister, Flerdeliza Santianez-Gaviola, who resides in Barangay (village) San Joaquin in this city, said their family worries about him but they have strong faith and believe God would protect him. (read more . . . )