Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte will authorize the burial of the embalmed corpse of dictator Ferdinand Marcos at …
Juan L. Mercado
Juan L. Mercado
Juan L. Mercado is a columnist for Philippine Daily Inquirer and Cebu Daily News. He writes a Sunday column for Sun-Star Cebu and its syndicated members, Bohol Chronicle and other community papers. He started his career in journalism in early 1950s and served as correspondent for foreign publications including London’s Financial Times and Honolulu-Star Bulletin. Mercado became the Philippine Press Institute’s founding-director. He also edited DEPTHNews, published by the Magsaysay Award-winning Press Foundation of Asia. Following the “People Power Uprising,” and after 19 years of United Nations service, Mercado returned to the Philippines to resume journalism work. He was cited for excellence in opinion writing by Society of Publishers in Asia. In 2005 and 2007, he received the “best columnist award” from the Catholic Archdiocesan Commission for Mass Media.
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CEBU CITY—Finally we found the Christmas parol, or star lanterns, in our cluttered storeroom, and dusted …
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Late in May, the Catholic Church beatified the martyred Bishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. Will …
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“(AS) FATHER of all, I cannot be wrapped in a political flag” of (my) native Argentina, …
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“Yes, yes,” the wife snapped. “But when can we get a copy from local bookshops?” She …
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Emerging issues produce new buzzwords. You see that in the spread of slash-and-burn (kaingin) agriculture in …
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“There go those stunning roses in the Palo Alto garden of our daughter,” the wife muttered. …
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“You’re a fool,” our fellow journalist snapped at us. “Don’t you realize that there are thousands …
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(On Dec. 28, 2013, we wrote this article for Viewpoint. Today, we reprint to emphasize the …
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All of us have favorite Christmas articles. “In the year of his Lord” has been republished …