FILIPINOS who value our relations with the People’s Republic of China as well as the Chinese on Taiwan should be aware that last October 1 was the People’s Republic’s national day, the 66th anniversary of its formal creation in 1949. Next Saturday October 10 is the 103rd anniversary of the formation in 1912 of the Republic of China (ROC) by Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Chinese friends of the ROC-affiliation call their national day the “Double Ten.”

The month of October for Filipino Catholics is the second month of the year devoted to honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. Which is why October, like May, is a month of pilgrimages to shrines of the Mother of God and our Mother Mary.

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