F. Sionil Jose, the most translated Filipino author, is an Ilokano who traces his roots to Cabugao, Ilocos Sur. He writes in English only and regrets he can't write in our language. Jose, in his late 80s, is a critic of the Philippine condition and the social inequality in his country. Here is a comment he made during a PEN (Poets, Essayists, Novelists) conference in San Fernando City, La Union:
"The degeneracy of our people illustrates too well the failure of the established churches. If it is true that we are the only Christian country in Asia, then such Christian values of honesty and integrity and belief in God should be imprinted in us."
The blogger was one of the panelists in the conference along with Ilokano senior writer Juan S. P. Hidalgo, Jr. fictionists Charlson Ong and Isagani Cruz. Jose and Cruz are columnists of the Philippine Star.
6.0 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HIST NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
It must have shaken the house while we were sleeping, when the quake rocks Northern California at 3:20 this morning. The blogger remembers Tito Tugade and his family who live in the Bay area. CNN says the epicenter is near the Napa Country in the interior, where 15,000 people felt the strongest tremor. In the TV we saw a long building burning, and a structure damaged and went down. It was the second biggest earthquake that hit California in years. The biggest was 6.9 in 1989.
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