By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
De profundis
Day: November 9, 2013
Disaster watch
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld To the disasters that have struck the Philippines this year, the latest being typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan), the Philippine media have responded not only with regular, often by-the-hour reports, but also with the background material needed to enable their audiences to better understand why disasters happen…
Fr. Jose ‘Joe’ P. Dizon activist priest (1948-2013)
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld “Sandigan ang masa; paglingkuran ang sambayanan.” (Rely on the masses; serve the people.) These words of Fr. Jose “Joe” P. Dizon at the celebration of his 40th year as a priest (for the most part assigned to the diocese of Imus, Cavite) sums up his life-long mantra as an…
Fr. Joe Dizon, priest of the people
“He [Fr. Joe Dizon] is an example of a religious who went beyond the traditional functions and performed the role of a patriotic and progressive priest, one who carried out service to the people.”