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By Sarah K. Joaquin.Carayan Press, San Francisco, CA. 2007. 209 pp.
By Antonio V. Romuáldez

It bears stating at the outset that a “simple faith” or even a folksy one is nothing to be scoffed at. It was Pope Benedict XVI, indeed, who said recently that “believers should present a simple, loving faith to a secular world." It was he who stressed in the same homily delivered on September 12, 2006, at a Mass in Regensburg that “faith is built upon a simple relationship with a loving God.” In the same breath he affirmed that “deep down, . . . [the faith] is quite simple."

As a news report of that homily points out, the Pope noted that “the Church has provided the faithful with a ‘little Summa’ in which everything essential is expressed," and “that statement of faith. . . is the Apostle’s Creed." A simple faith is a lived faith really, professed unostentatiously but deeply, often in the context of human weakness and sinfulness, and allowed to fill in a significant even if unobtrusive way the very milieu of our lives.

CHICAGO – At the 65'th anniversary of Bataan Death last Monday, April 9th , nothing has ever been heard about "Mindanao Death March."

A book written on Filipino World War II veterans made sure that the atrocities that both Filipino and American Allied soldiers suffered in the hands of the Japanese on April 9, 1942 was not confined to Central Luzon.

"Filipino Veterans of WW II And Endangered Human Specie (Philippine Veterans Legion, 2005) written by Francisco G. Cedula disclosed that almost, 2,500 men were ordered to assemble at Camp Kiethly in Lanao, in July 1942 and from there, we were made to walk to Iligan, 50 kilometers distance away,quoting survivors Lt. Auxencio Penaranda and Sgt. Rufino V. Balayo.

NAIA – If you are bringing in or bringing out money amounting to $10,000 or more, be sure to declare it as provided for in the customs law. Customs officials at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport have started using K-9 cash sniffing dogs to detect money being brought in or out of the country.

Early this month, customs officials detained a Balikbayan couple from the Unitted States for brining in $10,000 without declaring it. from a Balikbayan couple who arrived from the United States for not declaring the money as required by law.