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The Diocesan Summit for Life is set on Aug. 29, 2009 at Bohol Wisdom Gym at 8 o'clock in the morning. The summit bears the theme, "Youth Call: Upholding the Sanctity of Life".   Joining the activity are the Campus Ministry-Student Catholic Action (CM-SCA), Parish Youth Ministry (PYM), Mandated Private Youth Organizations (MPYO) of the Diocese of Tagbilaran. Youth sector is enjoined to be part of the event. Expected to be tackled during the summit are inputs on life and ways to preserve the sacredness of one's self as temple God. Spearheading the activity is Rev. Joel S. Aquino, the Diocesan Youth Director. With him are Sr. Josephine Obenieta, UMSH, Florabel Labor and with the youth volunteers. (Scan Charmie Dalumbar)

By Romy Teruel For the third time Cory is on the cover page of Time Magazine aptly labelled as the Saint of Democracy .  Nobody has ever been honoured this much in recent history, not even the fierce advocates of democracy in years past.  For this Time Magazine has helped immortalized Cory.    It is a sad thing thoughr that one week after awakening again to the true essence of democracy that her interment had made on every Filipino , fighting had to erupt again in Basilan. AFP soldiers and the Abu Sayyaf engaged each other in a bloody battle that resulted to the death of 23 soldiers and 21 Abu Sayyaf.  Another 23 soldiers were wounded and are now recuperating in the hospital in Zamboanga City.   That bloody encounter in Basilan in the heels of Cory's burial is a clear signal of the extent at which democracy must still claim lives before it can flourish.  How many more lives must be sacrificed in the altar of democracy that we all dream of?  Unless the problem of peace and ord