Editorial Cartoon
Crystal clear TRANSPARENCY and accountability in public service does not just involve clear and open reporting of how the national government, agencies and local government units spent the people’s money at the end of the year. That would simply be the second half of the process.
Editorial
Erratum By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S a big time erratum in the PUNCH! The PUNCH earlier reported that the Dagupan City government was discovered to have paid a local trader in overprice for some basic commodities for the city’s feeding program for malnourished kids last year. Not true.
Punchline
Worst-case scenario By Jun Velasco WHILE reading the horrific news headlines yesterday — Japan earthquake/tsunami, nuclear explosions and fallout tragedy, the political upheavals in the Middle East and threats of similar calamities descending on the islands — we were asked by a friend, “what shall we do to avoid getting…
Think about it
Gina by the starlight By Gonzalo Duque A chance meeting with Fourth District Congresswoman Gina de Venecia proved to be uplifting. It’s been a long time. The beauteous madam was bubbling with positive amenities. We wish to reiterate our congratulations to her for increasing the Regional Medical Center’s bed capacity to 600. That’s a great…
Playing with Fire
What are they, fools on the hill? Al S. Mendoza IS it true? Say it ain’t. I say this after I read Eva Visperas’s story at the Star on Wednesday, March 16. Eva wrote that some of our Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) members aren’t backing out from a nuclear plant project…
General Admission
Nuclear Power By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD This is nuclear power: Beneficial yet likewise dangerous. Wonderful yet basically fearful. Praiseworthy yet ultimately untrustworthy. In other words, nuclear power is a good example of the composite of what is good and evil, what is desirable and unadvisable, partly known and mostly…
Viewpoints
Visiting in San Diego By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SAN DIEGO, California–It has been my habit that every time I go overseas to visit my family and relatives, I also visit my sports friends, cycling and basketball amigos. That’s exactly what I did when I was in Sacramento and Los…
Sports Eye
Beyond an hour of darkness By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–“Why is the night so dark?” asks a young boy. “So that we can see the stars,” replies a wise old man. Those are lines I will always remember from Dreams, the last masterpiece of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (he…
