Christmas By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD PRACTICALLY every time Christmas comes, there is one question that is usually thought of and accordingly asked: What is the meaning of Christmas? Different people even those professing the Christian creed have different understanding of Christmas and wherefore forward their likewise different appreciations of…

Sweet dreams are made of these  By Marifi Jara  IN creative writing class back in college, my teacher, the late Doreen Fernandez, would choose one of the best essays submitted the previous week and read it out loud for a group critique. The writer’s identity would not be revealed until…

Hope springs eternal By Jun Velasco Your word is a lamp for my feet and light for my path,” — Psalm ll9.l05 PANGASINENSES in the United States and, per balikbayan Nonoy and Pat Salvador’s report, Canada and probably in many more countries abroad are delighted by the city’s Dawel River Cruise….

A Christmas spoiler By Gonzalo Duque WE sincerely wish one and all Merry Christmas… yes, even if we received very recently a letter from a fictitious writer who was peeved by our call on Mayor Benjie Lim and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez to bury the hatchet even just for a while…

Christmas By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE times are bad and the future is dark. The Country is stagnant and millions of Filipinos are suffering from hunger and uncertainty. The local and national problems are not only multiplying but also worsening. The quest for justice and peace remains elusive and…

Man of the Year By Jun Velasco “Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.”— Pindar IN SPITE of the internet and other high-tech communications gadgets which have made the world a small village, we ironically find ourselves — instead of forging love and friendship…

Belen has  ‘balls,’ Benjie ‘fool’s pride’ By Gonzalo Duque WE had an interesting exchange with Mayor Benjie Lim and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez over the weekend. Separately, of course.  You might be imagining that Ashok Vasandani’s unity project is already working.  Not yet. Ashok, by the way, is now being dubbed…

Casino By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TIME and again, it has been pointed out – with big disgust and genuine embarrassment – that the government under rule of the present Chief Executive, has shamefully become the biggest gambler in the Country. This is by reason of the glaring fact that…

‘Crime does not pay’ By Jun Velasco “How much easier it is to be generous than just! Men are sometimes bountiful who are not honest.”  — Janius WE just read in his People’s Tonight column Chairman Bebot Villar’s chastisement of the peace and order situation in Pangasinan. Because he knows…

Political unity is dawning? By Gonzalo Duque WE wish to congratulate Ashok Vasandani for his role in the “goodwill game” that featured last week our LNU Dukes against the PBA and the action-laden basketball team. The avowed goal to entertain the students and sports-minded general public was satisfactorily met. The games were held…