School opening woes By Gonzalo Duque THERE was not much trouble as earlier feared on the implementation of the Kindergarten Program at the opening of classes last week. Many were expecting much trouble as usually is the case in trying new ideas and new systems. Well, that’s fine then, but expect trouble later, after…

RH Bill (Once more with pleasure) By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD FOR a start, it is good to recall that God Himself gave but Ten Commandments to rule the whole world, the whole of humanity all over the globe. And the Lord Jesus Christ even reduced them into but Two…

The passing scene By Jun Velasco “The perfection of virtue is to conceal virtue.”—Quintilian TWO recent events struck us like a solid straight-from-the-shoulder punch, ala Manny Pacquiao’s dizzying shot. They are, the passing at 93 last Tuesday of former Agrarian Reform Minister Conrado Favis Estrella, fondly called Lakay Condring, and the heartbreaking resignation last…

Lacay left quietly for the Great Beyond By Gonzalo Duque YOU may not believe it if we tell you that when news reached us that Lacay Condring Estrella died in his sleep last Tuesday, we felt deeply sad, teary eyed, like our own father had left us again. We, too,…

Divorce and question Marks By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD QUESTION 1: WOULD AN ABSOLUTE DIVORCE LEGISLATION BE PURSUANT TO THE TEXT, CONTEXT AND SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES? Article II, Section 12 of the Constitution, in nonetheless than the declaration of principles, and State policies,…

Rizal in our time By Jun Velasco “He that will be great among you, let him serve.”—Jesus Christ IT’s almost June, the month of love and marital bliss, although the sign of the times shows many marriages are beating their paths to faithlessness and divorce. In these fabled isles, there’s…

Sir Bebot Villar now looks sexy! By Gonzalo Duque WE thank Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman and Executive Director Bebot Villar for designating us senior consultant of his office. He announced it on two occasions, and so we are thanking him twice too in this column that is read around the…

Danger. Disease. Disaster By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TIME and again, long since to these days, loving parents and upright teachers are one in inculcating a noble and ennobling value system in children about sex. Human sexuality is sacred, noble and sublime. In this regard, the three fundamental truths they…

Sex crimes among the powerful By Jun Velasco “Those things that hurt, instruct.” – Benjamin Franklin MOST of us who read or saw it on TV can only pity a potential next president of France, resigned International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, for his fall from grace.

Junket By Gonzalo Duque WE lavishly thank our co-workers at the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission for their dedicated involvement and support as we fashion out its mission and vision for our premier province of Pangasinan. We single out Prof. Fe Mangahas of the Philippine Historical Commission for serving as mother hen…