Editorial Cartoon
Abortion in the city The word war between the Federation of the Barangay Health Workers and the Dagupan City Police Station on reported abortion cases in the city is one of the few that can be said to have resulted in something positive. There is more awareness today about the…
Editorial
Rich Squatter, Poor Squatter By Ermin Garcia Jr. The poor squatters in Sitio Russia are obviously being misled by the affluent making the former believe that they have every right to stay in the land they occupy. Granting for the sake of argument that they may have the right to…
Punchline
Chinese and Pinoys, a study in contrast By Jun Velasco WE in Pangasinan are all too familiar a no-love-lost affair between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the country’s most outspoken Catholic prelate, Bishop Oscar Cruz. They are irreconcilable, these two clashing pillars of Philippine society.
Think about it
Liu Ping will help RP sire Olympic champs By Gonzalo Duque BEIJING–People’s China today is certainly the most organized, most scientific, most modern society. It is probably the most powerful economy in the world now, what with the old world power, the United States, losing its grip of the title…
Playing with Fire
No doubt Kobe now a certified NBA star By Al S. Mendoza YOU have patience, you will succeed. You sacrifice good time, happiness is within an arm’s reach. You believe in yourself, there ain’t no mountain high. Those are lessons learned from the just-ended NBA Finals won by the Lakers…
General Admission
Epic By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is good to point out that the word “epic” is used either as a noun or an adjective – with both saying essentially the same : Something is so legendary that it is history or historical, that it is a distinction or…
Viewpoints
Why Pitaki cyclists can’t win a Tour By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THIS piece was supposed to be written right after the 2009 Padyak Pinoy held May 8-15. But due to some constraints owing to my trip to America, I had to defer writing this – what really happened to…
Sports Eye
Sayang! By Emmanuelle Truly, in this case, there is more substance to our native tongue than to our adopted one. Sometimes, that which is squeezed from the self is better by far. How to translate, transpose, and transmit the exact meaning of the word sayang? All through the night, and…
