Let’s talk about the weather for once By Jun Velasco RARE BIRD. Congressman Pol Bataoil pole vaults to his district’s flooded areas from the national disaster center in the company of Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa to be with his constituents. He is a far cry from other politicians, often dubbed fair weather…

1986 Philippine Constitution Public Enemy No. 1 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD WHAT is wrong with the 1986 Philippine Constitution? Why is it that every new Philippine government is fixated with changing it one way or another? How come that practically all poverty and misery in the Philippines are attributed…

Those trash in plastic bags amuse tourists By Jun Velasco “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” – Nursery rhyme AFTER Dengue’s devastation comes Mother Nature’s harmful fury. But is it really Mother Nature? Or greedy man debauching Mother Nature? We Northern folk must have (again!) seen — and experienced — a tough test to…

Conditional Cash Transfer equals… By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE infamous Conditional Cash Transfer being assiduously funded by this government through merciless direct and indirect taxes imposed on all Filipinos – the CCT recipients included – can mean anything but its ridiculously claimed intention of poverty alleviation. Is it too…

Give Filipino youth a new home By Jun Velasco “Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man.”—Ausonius OFF HAND, we were in favor of the idea to scrap the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). We changed our mind. Scrapping it is too harsh, too grave.  It’s a big slap on the Filipino youth.

“Daang matuwid” By Oscar V. Cruz, JCD MANY things in many ways have been said many times about the above cited alluring pre-election yell of the now Malacañang resident. Is there something more that need be discussed or disclosed about it? Yes, there is! This, with feeling: It is selective…

PHL, my friend? (continuation of PHL is no chicken)  By Marifi Jara  THE concept of direct selling is not new in the Philippines. I remember tagging along as a little girl more than three decades ago to a “party” where there were a lot more mothers than children and more…

DZXL’s interview with Ebdane By Jun Velasco “In the end, the test is not about doctrine or dogma; it’s about the voices of children crying out long after their childhood.” –Time on Pope Benedict XVI A STUDY in contrast. As we go press, we came across two magazines with contrasting themes.

Smoking By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THERE is no need for any more scientific investigation, for further laboratory experimentation. Men, women and young people know it. Professionals, businessmen and laborers know it. Practically anybody and everybody know it. What? Smoking is bad! It is bad for the health of the…

This man is armed with miracle cures By Jun Velasco “You feed the body several times a day; don’t starve the mind.”—Har Dayal LAST Tuesday, we were with the family of the late Justice Porfirio Sison led by writer Mita Sison-Duque to celebrate the late journalist-jurist’s 92nd birthday at the President’s…