Zak is home

God finally took Rafi Zakkari Faigao Feliciano home. Little Zak passed away at around the same time he was born — exactly two months after he was born. He no longer suffers. He now breathes freely…without the tubes…without the syringes…without the meds…without the pain of seeing the anguished faces of his daddy, mommy, and kuya….

Never give up

I stood outside the nursery window, watching Greis caress her frail little baby boy Rafi Zakkari. Zak raised his feeble left arm in response, as if wanting to reach out and touch his mommy’s hand. But he couldn’t. He could only lift his arm by half an inch. I have seen this scene a few…

Dreaming of Christmas for Zakkari

Little Zakkari Rafi was born two months early. He probably couldn’t wait to make his mom smile and hear his brother Malakai Rei sing. Today, 4 days before Christmas, he’s still in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and making slow progress toward full recovery. Yesterday, mom Greis said little Zak was able to take…

Marcos Highway car robberies

A friend of mine recently fell victim to notorious robbers in the vicinity of Marcos Highway in Antipolo City. The robbers took advantage of the time when most people were solemnly focused on the Sunday mass that was going in a village chapel just near the gate of one of the subdivisions along Marcos Highway….

Grade school kids, parents, teachers, hurt in 3-bus collision

21 grade school students and 10 parents and teachers were hurt in a road accident involving three buses that were taking students and parents of Molino Elementary School on a day’s field trip. The three buses were the first three out of 22 buses carrying around 70 students, parents, and teachers. My youngest sister, along…