Philippine Politics By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD PHILIPPINE Politics is curious and intriguing, interesting and entertaining – and particularly detestable as well as disgusting. Philippine politics is not simply for the vicious but also for the avaricious, not merely for those wanting to serve but the more so, for those…

PEN conference tan arum ni’ra Nen Santiago Villafania NEN Disiembri 2010 kaiba tan sakey ak ed saray angiparungtal na papil a pankuritan para ed Philippine PEN International Conference ya agawa ed Cebu. Binasak ed saman a tulagan ono conference so salaysay kon “Pangasinan Anlong: Oral Tradition into the 21st Century”….

Substitution By Jun Velasco “The most potent muse of all is our own inner child,” Stephen Nachmanovitch THURSDAY might, we had a “workshop” by the Chatanooga pool at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen with Philippine Sports Commissioner Jolly Gomez and Governor Amado Espino Jr. as “resource speakers.”…

Tanga! By Gonzalo Duque OUR Pangasinan Press Club will have as its guest of honor on October 30 the country’s media czar, fellow Rotarian Sec. Herminio “Sonny” Coloma. He is Gov. Amado “Spines” Espino’s guest, too, and the Rotarians led by Assistant Gov. Fred Caguioa of the Rotary Club of Downtown…

Comedy act of Lim By Bebot Villar SAANG planeta ba galing itong nagta-tapang tapangan na kalaban ni Congresswoman Gina de Venecia? Nang mag-file itong si Mario Lim ng kanyang candidacy for Pangasinan fourth district congressman, sari-saring reaction ang mga tao, especially from the media na nakatutok sa Commission on Elections…

Triumphalism By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE word as such does not even appear in standard dictionaries. There are terms such as “triumph”, “triumphal”, and even “triumphalist”. But the word “triumphalism” seems illusive. Yet, the truth conveyed by the term is not hard to decipher and wherefore not exactly unknown…

Spoliarium. Spolarium. Artistry and Reality By Johanne Margarette R. Macob “…umiyak ang umaga. Anong sinulat ni Enteng at Joey diyan sa pintong salamin Di ko na mabasa ‘pagkat merong nambura…” I WAS still not in this world and even out of my parents’ minds when the incident happened. But I’ve…

The political circus should give way to this historic event By Jun Velasco “I have not yet begun to fight.”– John Paul Jones WE were saddened by a new black eye dealt on the face of Philippine democracy. We’re referring to Nancy Binay’s entry to the senate circus in place of…

We’ll tell you a secret By Gonzalo Duque AFTER the filing of their certificates of candidacy, our would-be elective officials are off on the campaign trail. We would like to share our personal experience as a former provincial official. Know what, we were probably plain lucky because despite the political…

Wishful thinking By Bebot Villar NASA maximum excitement level ang mga tao nitong October 1 to 5 habang naghihintay ng mga developments sa pulitika. Araw-araw mula October 1, tutok ang mga media, political analysts, supporters and kibitzers alike kung sino na ba ang nag file ng certificate of candidacy. Who…