PUNCHITERIA
Editorial Cartoon
No scholar left behind THE expected passage of the Iskolar ng Bayan bill authored by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano by Congress may have come at a good time but it is in fact long overdue. Soon, the country will have 80,000 government scholars every year, courtesy of the Cayetano law….
Editorial
A mission for Abono and Sinag By Ermin Grcia Jr. READ this news item that was published in a daily broadsheet: “The Department of Agriculture said Sunday typhoon Mario and Luis, which struck a week earlier, cost the Philippines P1.14 billion in farm output. The department said…
Punchline
Marriage Nullity By Oscar V. Cruz FOR a start, it is not only right but even necessary to address the rather big distinction between “Marriage Annulment” and “Marriage Nullity”. Reason: They are radically different in terms of the nature and implications of “Annulment” and “Nullity”. Briefly stated, the said “Annulment” has reference to a marriage that…
Viewpoints
A Martial law experience revisited By Jun Velasco “My thoughts have wings. I can’t be imprisoned by these walls,” Entrances 1980 MEMORIES have their healing power. Who was the poet who said “our greatest joys are those that tell of our saddest thoughts?” In an interview by ABS-CBN’s…
Think about it
Thank you, Rep. Gina and Mayor Belen! By Gonzalo Duque THE Duque family will forever be grateful to Congresswoman Gina de Venecia and Mayor Belen Fernandez for the upgrading and renovation of the Sec. Francisco Q. Duque Road—formerly Amado Street—in Barangay Tapuac—in Dagupan City. If you go there today,…
Playing with Fire
We are but virtual spectators in the Asiad By Al S. Mendoza IF we win 3 gold medals in the Incheon Asian Games, that’d be good enough. If we win 4, better. If we win 5, best of the bests. And 6 or more? Lotto jackpot! That’s because we…
General Admission
San Roque Dam officials must be transparent By Bebot Villar AS OF Wednesday last week, the water level at the San Roque Dam in San Manuel, Pangasinan was still rising and it was already approaching 280 meters above sea level (masl), which the San Roque officials refer to as…
