Meet Islandeer - the musical duo of Christian Jansen and Michael Garcia, which had begun to carve a name in the Lion City. Both born and raised in Singapore, the two met at the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) as classmates in the school’s Diploma for Music and Technology programme.

A Tribute to Fr. Orlando Aceron OP, Principal of Science Oriented High School in 1981-85. I was inspired to do this piece after his Keynote Talk during the 1st General Alumni Homecoming of Aquinas University, held at the University Dome. He said that we should not forget our Dominican roots, the values imparted by St. Dominic and, if I remember it right, also Thomas Aquinas on whose patronage the university is named and dedicated. Picture: Fr. Aceron OP (seated), Fr. Jessie Yap OP (standing with me).

With more than 7,000 islands teeming with varied forms of religious practices, the Philippines in 1521 was a tall order to Christianize when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan found it. From uprisings to wars, natural disasters to pandemics, cycles between growing and uphill climb economy – Christianity and the Philippines had survived some of the most back breaking and book-worthy challenges.