Editorial Cartoon
Panic reaction RAMPAGING waters that brought about floods as high as 12 feet high is terrifying. In the aftermath, with deaths and damages to property, livelihood and infrastructure that run up to as much as P10 billion, it would be understandable that our province would be thrown into panic. But…
Editorial
Sue for command responsibility By Ermin Garcia Jr. I can’t blame the mayors in eastern Pangasinan for demanding the decommissioning of the San Roque Dam after the dam’s operators caused the massive destruction of their respective towns. They’ve been hurt bad and they want to get even.
Punchline
Too late By Jun Velasco GLOBAL Warming and Climate Change. These are the catchwords these days. The problem is they have come to mean suffering, despair, pain, anguish and death. We are moved by Filipinos’ instantaneous acts of love, sympathy, pity, care and concern. Again, the problem is we act…
Think about it
Crack in De Venecia’s political armor By Gonzalo Duque SAN DIEGO, California–Filipinos in the US are disillusioned by former President Erap’s declaration of running for president. They said what has he yet to prove?
Playing with Fire
Excuse me, while I eat sushi and sashimi By Al S. Mendoza TOKYO, Japan — I guess, you know by now. I’ve written about it here a couple of times already, if not more. I come to this city once in two years. That has been the routine since 1993….
General Admission
Development: From the bottom up By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. In underdeveloped countries – or “developing” nations for socio-political correctness – economic progress and its accompanying societal and personal gains are usually identified with and confined within the elite thereof. In the same way, political authority and influence are…
Viewpoints
Nat’l cycling headship still in tatters By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE rift among our national cycling leaders, after a few months of quiet, burst anew when the group of Mikee Romero, claiming to be the legitimate leaders of PhilCycling given the recognition by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), filed…
Sports Eye
Dam some more By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–One of the best legacies of the Portuguese colonization here is the Cahora (or sometimes Cabora) Bassa Dam on the long Zambezi River (we are here at the eastern end of that river). Like our San Roque Dam there, it is a hydroelectric…
