Rafael L. Oriel, Jr. 15 Mar 2008     Mr. Pontaoe, that’s your opinion. Different people discern the truth differently. I am sorry to disappoint you but you are wrong to pretend that you know where I took the anecdote and to say that the title is not meekness. Actually,…

Ed Pontaoe 15 Mar 2008     To: Antonio “Bebot” A. Villar, Jr. Undersecretary/Head PASG Mr. Undersecretary: When Arroyo put you where you’re now, she’s got only one thing in mind . . . to have a watchdog at the Bureau of Customs where the most rotten, the most profligate…

ANTONIO “Bebot” A. VILLAR, JR. Undersecretary/Head PASG 13 Mar 2008   Dear Ermin, Even away from home, I make it a point to update myself about news in our home province. Thus, once more, I read another column you wrote about me, this time about my “disapproved” resignation. I am…

Ed Pontaoe 14 Mar 2008     Mr. Oriel, I am fascinated how you wiggled thru the muck and came out as muddy as you first got in. Your post on the 12th on lessons on meekness caught, as always, my inquiring mind. The way you plucked and interpreted it…

Nap Casilang 14 Mar 2008     Edwin, Agreed with everything you said! I just want to add the “Pearl of the Orient” is now being used as a collateral to pad the wallets of those in power! All bank accounts lead to… Yes, our dear Philippines is the Pearl…

Jane Pascual 13 Mar 2008     Is it true that a lot of the younger generation in Pangasinan now prefers to casually converse in Tagalog rather than talking in our own dialect of Pangasinan? If it’s true then it’s very sad that we are starting the death of one…

Ms. Ric 13 Mar 2008     Mr. Oriel, you reasoned that if there was moral decay, then it means they, CBCP, failed big time in their responsibility. That it meant “they were not able to bring all or majority of their flock closer to the Lord our God.” Would…

Edwin 13 Mar 2008     It seems like Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is in the process of making the Philippines a province of Communist China. How does she expect the country to pay back loans of 2 billion DOLLARS a year until 2010 at an inflated annual rate of 4…

Jeremias Andrade Carrera 13 Mar 2008     The “Atlantis” or the Maze of Underwater Bridges of Palafox and Associates as endorsed by Mr. Oriel: I asked you the question  because you claimed that such a project is economically feasible (not a big dream), you are a graduate mechanical engineer…