PUNCHITERIA
Editorial Cartoon
Endings TYPHOON Yolanda, having struck at the tail end of the year and leaving devastation so extensive even by international disaster benchmarks, will perhaps go down as the one event that we will collectively remember about 2013. And not forgetting is a good thing. But what is even better…
Editorial
The Old Normal By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TIME and again, there are people who speak and/or write about the “New Normal” probably to mean the adoption of new values, the observance of new behavioral patterns in the passage of time from then to now. There is the “New…
Viewpoints
The film as national unifier By Jun Velasco “Is there a love that is nobler than one’s love for country? Certainly none.” —Andres Bonifacio THURSDAY, we were drawing up plans with film makers and the media to rally the nation behind local films for nation building. Our discussions were…
Think about it
Belen’s Xmas bonus for employees By Gonzalo Duque DAGUPENOS have had a meaningful Christmas. Especially City Hall employees who earlier were fearing non-payment of their salaries or outright dismissal from service due to bankruptcy left by the past administration. What happened was—Mayor Belen Fernandez, displaying skill and intelligence was…
Playing with Fire
Binay boo-boo will be forgotten in 2016 By Al S. Mendoza THAT 2016 is still a good two years away is the only redeeming factor in the recent Binay boo-boo. You know how forgetful we are historically. Was Erap not convicted of plunder and yet, he finished second behind…
General Admission
More down than up for PH sports in 2013 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FEW days to go before the year 2014. Hopefully with the Almighty God’s guidance and blessings, the coming year will be prosperous for all of us, unlike 2013 when our troubled nation suffered from a series…