Enigmatic China By Jun Velasco “It is easy to be brave from safe distance.” — Aesop OUR personal experience with the Chinese people whether here or in the Mainland or Taiwan shows that they keep their cards close to their chests.

A different media mindset By Gonzalo Duque FINALLY, the oath taking of the new officers of the Pangasinan Press Club took place amidst a roaring typhoon. The inclement weather was providential. We didn’t want an induction affair after which there would be no more functional press club. This is the reason it…

“Same Sex Marriage” By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD SAME sex understanding. Same sex friendship. Same sex collaboration. These and similar phenomena are not only logical but also acceptable, not only foreseeable but likewise comprehensible. Even same sex attraction is an on-the-ground reality. The fact alone that a man is said…

Princess Urduja is a fictional character By Jun Velasco “Any man can make a mistake, but none but a fool will continue it.”—Cicero THERE’S a controversy hereabouts over a question involving a plan by the provincial government to buy for more than P600,000 an oil painting of a supposedly nude…

Promoting “good morning” tuyo By Gonzalo Duque PANG Famas talaga ang pag arte nila Mayor Benjie Lim at Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez noong Dagupan Day na kung saan ay si DOTC Usec Dante Velasco ang guest of honor and speaker. Ang ganda ng speech ni Dante, it centered on the…

Aspiration By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD AFTER looking at the malady of “Asperger’s Disorder” which is a big personal misfortune, and after considering the phenomenon of “Asperation” made at key Filipino cultural values which in turn is a big shame, equity says that it is time to think of and…

Rizal’s secret formula for greatness By Jun Velasco “Is there a love nobler than the love of country? Certainly none!– Andres Bonifacio. IN our dialogues with Manila students on our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, we singled out his immense or immeasurable love of country as his greatest virtue. Many Rizalistas including former…

Tribute By Gonzalo Duque THESE are excerpts of our eulogy to Tio Condring Estrella at a necrological service in his hometown of Rosales, Pangasinan yesterday, June 18. Tia Sergia, other esteemed members of the Estrella family, relatives, provincemates, ladies and gentlemen:

Asperger’s disorder By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD NEITHER a real novelty nor a deep mystery, the “Asperger’s Disorder” has been long since receiving considerable attention not only in North America and in Europe, but so especially in Asia. This is why different Psychiatry Associations as well as various Clinico-Psychological Schools…

Freedom By Jun Velasco “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”– Aesop THERE are many Philippine flags everywhere you go today. Oh yes, we are celebrating – or we are being made to celebrate by government edict — Philippine Independence Day. We do this year in and…