Think about it
‘A time for everything’
By Jun Velasco
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
IT’S a breath away to Christmas, folks!
Merry Christmas!
If you are in Dagupan, you’d be treated to a nightly fun at the city plaza. It has already begun and will last till early next year.
Centerpiece of activities is the city fiesta on the 26th, but it’s former Speaker Joe de V’s 76th birthday and he’ll celebrate it at his Tamarind residence in Forbes, Makati City.
He’ll make up for his absence in the city at the inauguration of the Dagupan City National High School’s Abong na Alumni on December 28, their annual homecoming.
Salute the Alumni Assn officers led by Ope Reyna and Manny Roy, president and vice president respectively.
Ope’s inspired team just did what was deemed impossible, proving the adage “if there’s a will, there’s a way.”
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Some pundits are still smarting from the end-of-the-world tales.
But those steeped in the Bible didn’t bite a bit, staunchly believing that only God the Father has the power and authority to say what day and time the end would come.
For a while, December 21 raised the alarm bells because of the frequency of calamities in all parts of the world including the Philippines.
The following lines from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 should calm us:
“There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to rebuild.
A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to search and a time to lose.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak up.
A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.”
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Gov. Amado Espino J., hailed as prime mover of the province’s golden age, has denied jueteng charges hurled against him by Mayor Rodrigo Orduna of Bugallon.
Last Thursday, Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza, a candidate for governor, and his team-mate, Gen. Art Lomibao, slammed jueteng and the Governor at the Media in Action forum.
Nothing new in their perorations except, as Gonzalo caught it, Nani’s assurance that if lucky to win in the elections, he will continue what Governor Espino has begun.
Fair.
What’s not fair, it seems, is the singling out of Espino in the jueteng imbroglio. It’s nationwide.
Jueteng, according to a 1934 editorial in pre-war Pangasinan Review written by the late Bayardo Estrada, could never be licked so long as top guns of the national government do not stop it. Jueteng is the poor man’s lottery.
Jueteng has permeated every crevice of Philippine society, so that all these drives smack of selective justice.
Mayor Benjie Lim suggested a most sensible idea, “legalize jueteng, and lick it.”
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NOTES: Gypsy called up to say Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez will represent Rep. Gina de Venecia as guest of honor of the Tondaligan Blue Beach Subdivision Homeowners Assn induction and Christmas party on December 30. Leading the officers are Digna Mallari, chairman, and Rael Ferrer, president. Congratulations!… Councilor hopeful Solo de Venecia denies he is going solo in the grand orchestra of service for Dagupan City. Good luck.
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