Character change, not Charter Change By S. Bill Jimenez CHARTER CHANGE has become a hot topic in the Philippines. Some Filipinos, in favor or against the change, are engaged in confrontational debates. Big rallies are held where top government officials and religious leaders are vocal participants. In a recent rally,…
“They divided my clothes among themselves. They gambled for my robes.” (John 19:24) By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It might be not only absurd but also futile for all consummate private and government gambling lords to be reminded about the painful lamentation made by Christ Himself while hanging and…
Edwin 5 April 2009 Re: It’s about corruption JB It has been proven over and over again that you do not stimulate the economy by taking money away from the consumer. Let the consumer keep his money and he will spend or invest it. Every time the consumer can buy…
Jeepney strikes are senseless By Ermin Garcia Jr. The jeepney drivers’ groups that are prone to call a strike to protest everything that puts pressure on their earnings should know that they are way off their targets, and only the drivers and operators end up the losers – losing a…
Hope springs eternal By Jun Velasco IT would be well for the Dagupan engineering and public works guys to mobilize their crew to work double time, day and night, to finish the rehabilitation and elevation of flood-prone Arellano Street. That stretch gets a daily grind of all types of vehicles,…
Impressive!!! By Gonzalo Duque NORMALLY, or abnormally, we don’t go to the Provincial Capitol, well, maybe, for personal reasons. Our apathetic attitude could be due to our dismay to the non-cooperative stance of past provincial officials to our projects and/or advocacies we thought were worthy of support for the good…
Day of ignominy for Mangaldan By Al S. Mendoza DRUGS, the prohibited ones, destroy brain cells, leading to an evil mind. Drug dependents hallucinate, in the process throwing them off-balance most of the time. They see demons, they play with demons, and they eternally conceive a playground peopled by demons….
Enhancing peace in ARMM the PhilRice-JICA way By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico PEACE IN the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has always been elusive. Other than political reasons, the continuing conflict between the Muslim rebels and the government is being aggravated by poverty among Muslims. To many of the…
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