Editorial Cartoon
Fear and trust WHO’S afraid of the police? Not the criminals, it seems. At the rate crime is being committed in the province — the unabated heinous drive-by shootings, rampant illegal drug-dealings, and prevalent thefts — it is easy to conclude that fear of the police is not a factor…
Editorial
Wrong again By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE goes the young promising Hon. Brian Lim again, this time with his left foot in his mouth. After joining his father-mayor Benjie in a chorus labeling his colleagues in the council as a bunch of do-nothing lazy bums for refusing to be their…
Punchline
Bombed bus not just a terrorist attack By Jun Velasco WHEN we wrote here about an idea – earnestly being pushed by a close kin (Tony Rala) – about the need to install CCTV facilities in passenger buses and other means of public transport, we didn’t know that in a…
Think about it
A “pat” on the back By Gonzalo Duque THERE is no doubt the province is making big strides in the cleaning of our river systems, thanks to Gov. Amado Spines Espino and his task force led by Col. Pat Orduna and Task Force Kalikasan top honcho Tom Cabigas. You would…
Playing with Fire
Carnapping is new scourge of the times By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, this carnapping thing. Although it’s been in existence for quite some time now, carnapping has now become the scourge of the times. Why, because it has claimed lives – and continues to.
General Admission
Poor DILG By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD THE DILG is definitely not poor because it does not have the needed funds to satisfactorily pay its personnel, to acceptably finance it operations. The DILG is certainly neither poor for not having the money to run all its affiliated agencies, to undertake…
Viewpoints
World cycling body endorses Tour de Filipinas 2011 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TOUR de FILIPINAS chief organizer Gary Cayton texted and then e-mailed me last week to say that the world cycling body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is sanctioning again our country’s summer cycling spectacle, the Tour de Filipinas…
Sports Eye
Kingdoms, Filipino-style By Marifi Jara NAMPULA, Mozambique– Over dinner with a Filipina from Mindanao (living here for many years now, first as a volunteer worker then for a private company) and a couple of friends from Europe (well-travelled though never been to the Philippines but they do have friends who…
