Opinion 2/17/16 (Cebu, Philippines, religiosity, politics, traffic)

By Anonymous

L. Lastimosa in the Freeman
Samtang may sukaranan ang mga pagsaway nga napamatud-an na sang pagtulon-an sa atong katiguwangan nga manguros lang ta kon kilatan, kay karon pa magkara-kara pagpangita og mga alternatibo sa trapiko nga gisugdan nang pag-ayo sa unang taytayan sa Mandaue ug Mactan, mahimong magamit ning kahigayonan di lang sa pagpahapsay sa trapiko kon di sa pagpalambo sab sa turismo. [...] Hinaot nga ang nagkahuot nga trapiko, nagkadaghan nga basura ug nagkagrabe nga mga baha sa Metro Cebu makapakumbinser na gyod sa mga mayor sa pagpadaplin na sa ilang mga garbo ug mopaluyo na sa dinaliang panginahanglan pagtukod sa Metro Cebu Development Authority nga moduma sa kumon nilang mga interes sa trapiko, basura ug drainage.  [kinatibuk-ang lindog]

Sun.Star Cebu's Carvajal
"Sinulog and Politics" was a study done by USC’s (University of San Carlos) Center for Governance, Leadership and Development. As reported (Sun.Star Cebu, Feb. 8), one major conclusion was that “Cebuanos’ faith in the Sto. Niño influences devotees’ political participation, including their choices in the upcoming election.” Another was that “people’s spirituality is integrated in their political life.”
My take? These conclusions actually beg the question. [...] In other words, because Catholicism has not been a positive influence on the country’s politics, a more meaningful study would have been to find out scientifically how Christianity is split apart from the political life of Catholics or how much of an escape or a cop-out from political responsibility religiosity has become for Catholics. [full text]

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