Redoble Family

Tats is the 7th son. Bro. Ben, my father, walked miles, visiting prison cells looking for me at the height of the people's uprising against the Marcos Dictatorship in the 80's.
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I have to apologize to all the readers who get offended by the title of this article. I am not a religious person, well I use to be, but the title is not meant to malign one’s religious belief nor to antagonize the believers, for I am a believer too.
 
This is a story about [...]

Gotocola leaves.
I am 46 years old, my age is ticking faster now and my blood pressure is racing up with it. Twentytwo years ago, the nurse in Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City recorded 110 over 70 blood pressure(BP) during my entrance physical examination for my first employment.  I could not even remember my next attempt to it because there’s [...]

Last Saturday, my son Khalil joined his first Milo Chess Tournament in Cebu City, and his first as a member of the Don Bosco High School chess varsity team. The opening day wasn’t a good timing since we had chores to run on that sunny morning. We were so excited in dropping him off at [...]

Bus ride to Moalboal is always fun, but my latest was not. But it’s worth my while staying late at the office scribbling a page or two telling the world about it.
 
I am comfortable with Librando drivers. They are known for their ethics, courtesy to passengers, and care for the huge piece of metal they [...]

Father to an 8 year old son.
Father: Are you familiar with sayings, anak?
Son: Yes Dad!
Father: Ok let’s test your ability. You complete the saying na sasabihin ko ha?
Son: Shoot Dad!
Father: When God closes the door, …
Son: …you can not enter!
Father: Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo?…
Son:: …e di, ipakain sa kambing!
Father: At [...]

THE SABANAL SAGA:
LAURENTE “LAGUNO” SABANAL, HIS SON AMBOY KIDLAT AND DESCENDANTS
 
 
The story of Laurente Sabanal probably took place at about the same time as the Borinaga story. Laurente “Laguno” Sabanal was imprisoned for killing a Spanish guardia civil in Bohol sometime in the mid nineteenth century. He later escaped and fled to Moalboal on a [...]