Goodnight, Phil Caracas By Jun Velasco OUR attention was momentarily glued to Publisher Ermin’s peroration about certain media practitioners allegedly on the list of a jueteng “white paper” which, he said, was e-mailed to him by cowardly sources. A week earlier, well known whistle blower Jaime Aquino (remember the Bishop…
Holistic approach needed By Gonzalo Duque We sincerely thank friends and foes alike for their praises and commendations the likes of Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and Schools Supt. Aurora Domingo and her district supervisors. Oh, yes, before anything else, all this fuss about perennial flooding and termites eating up our…
Playing with Fire
Pacquiao not focused By Al S. Mendoza IT is barely a month when Manny Pacquiao fights Marco Antonio Barrera. Is Pacquiao ready? But to answer that would be getting ahead of the story. The Oct. 7 fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, has become hot conversation stuff since it was announced…
General Admission
Shameless and hopeless By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. If the reports and statements about the now infamous ZTE broadband deal were true—and there are indications and arguments to that effect—it has to be admitted with great pity that the present administration is shameless, and the Country is thus hopeless….
Viewpoints
JICA, PhilRice project is cooperation for increased productivity By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The third technical cooperation project (TCP 3) of PhilRice and JICA [Japan International Cooperation Agency] means cooperation for increased productivity and income. In a nutshell, this is how local government officials of Rizal, Nueva Ecija, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur…
Harvest Time
Stunning and Saddening By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THOUGH it was saddening to know that Philippines just landed ninth-place in the FIBA-Asia Beijing Olympics qualifying tournament held recently, it was also disheartening to learn that our country is now ranked 62nd among the best men’s basketball teams in the world,…
Sports Eye
The young and the restless By Marifi Jara A battle is brewing among our youth. The national organizations of student councils are calling for the abolition of the Samahang Kabataan. They claim that the SK, though originally well-intended as a venue for youth representation in our government, has proven to…
Roots
Not so little helpers! By Emmanuelle Mother’s little helpers have big, wondering eyes, begging without remorse “Let me, lemme! Ako na, siak la!” They insist they can be trusted to do work beyond the capacity of their height and chubby, grubby little fingers, such as measuring, mixing, turning-over chops frying…
Feelings
FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATION’S SNAFU Late archbishop filed adverse claims in 1981 P50 MILLION of city funds for nothing? The city government is now facing legal hurdles for the titling and use of the former MC Adore Hotel, which the Lim administration purchased from the Privatization Management Office (PMO) for P50…
City can’t transfer MC Adore land title to its name
BINALONAN–The mayors’ house is divided. Half of the 1,500 municipal mayors in the country favor pushing through with the scheduled Oct. 29 barangay election, according to the president of League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP). This town’s mayor, Ramon Guico, Jr., president of the influential LMP, said those who…