Today’s Views

Excitement hangs in the air as the Filipino nation fetes the coming of the ”People’s Pope”. Everyone has his/her prepared phrase in case of a face-to-face encounter with the endeared visitor—mostly, asking intercession for some exclusive personal problem or tribulation, such as cure or wellness from cancer-ridden member of the family, or survival from misery and pain, or even acquittal of a criminal case— anything that could translate into a sense of personal well-being, comfort or grace.

THERE’S no question that the people’s war waged in the countryside alongside the revolutionary mass movements in the urban areas is leveling up to advanced stages and has taken deeper and deeper roots among the broad masses of the people.

There is an unmistakable special-ness in the act of unexpected house visit by all-time friends, even if they came to me on certain days within the year.