PUNCHITERIA
Editorial Cartoon
A test of character CANDIDATES seeking local elective posts comport themselves in public as law-abiding citizens with visions of how they can make a difference for their respective communities, that they can be trusted with their mandate and they have the integrity to earn the title ‘Honorable.’ But a cursory…
Editorial
Disqualified for illegal postering? By Ermin Garcia Jr. MANY of the local candidates whose posters and billboards were dismantled, torn and pulled down by Comelec last week may not still be losing sleep even knowing that they already saw at least more than P200,000 in printing costs of paper,…
Punchline
Celia’s withdrawal signals political unity and progress By Gonzalo Duque AFTER the second presidential debate held in Cebu City – the queen city of the south—it has loomed bright and clear that our favorite candidate for president, Mayor Rody Duterte is the most popular, most acceptable and most winnable…
Playing with Fire
A knockout win or nothing at all By Al S. Mendoza TIMOTHY Bradley Jr. has never been knocked out. So, how then can Manny Pacquiao possibly kayo the 5-time world champ? That’s the question in today’s (April 10, PHL time) Pacquiao-Bradley encounter in Las Vegas, Nevada. And look at…
General Admission
On traffic jams, honesty and electoral governance By Ulysses Raciiles Butuyan Manila has most number of people exposed to disaster. And elections are the most disastrous. Traffic jams raise diabetes risk. Next only to hypertension. Martial law abuses not affecting Bongbong’s bid. It may be because administrations that followed…
Punching Bug
Deretsahan
Outsider By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A poem dedicated to the Feudal Overlord of the Manila North Road. OUTSIDER outside the stump wonders “whatever happened to my limbs?” have they become the floors on whose firmness a child anchors her first wobbly strides until she can gallop…
