We are for pre-university By Gonzalo Duque WE wish to thank the nice souls of the regional development council and the NEDA through is director, Leo Quitos, and fellow educator Bobby delos Reyes of the Metro Dagupan College for our nomination as co-chair or chair representing the private sector of the RDC. Actually, it…

Divorce and Question Marks 1/3 By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD The understanding and appreciation of the Church about marriage is certainly not based on her mere opinion, capricious intent and/or invented teaching. That marriage per se is a distinct indissoluble and indivisible union finds its anchorage in nothing less than…

The feedback By Jun Velasco MEDIA is once again under fire for doing what it did during the infamous hostage crisis at the Luneta. This is a situation when it’s hard to find the right word to describe the correctness or idiocy of media’s behaviour in the hostage coverage. It’s of no moment…

Hug RP when you are in India By Gonzalo Duque WE missed the deadline for our column last week due to a hectic schedule that brought us to the mystic country of India. You must have heard a lot about that big country, which is second only to the People’s…

“SEX EDUCATION” “Responsible Parenthood”: In all honesty and sincerity, could anybody in his or her sound mind and good will, honestly and rightfully reject and trample upon the Catholic faith and morals teaching and endorsing “Responsible parenthood”?

Pride in tricycles By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–Tricycles may not be as unique to the Philippines as jeepneys are but they are as much a distinctive part of the colorful and chaotic road culture of the country.

Lingayen cityhood still realizable By Jun Velasco IT’S most unfair for Local Gov’t Sec. Jesse Robredo to douse the Lingayen folk’s feverish drive for cityhood lumping it with the inferior towns. The last frontier of the country’s capital town that’s not been elevated to city status and birthplace of former Pres….

“ SEX EDUCATION” – 1/7 For one interesting reason and intriguing cause or another, it is a subject matter that appears to be of singular concern and significant relevance such that “It refuses to die”. The Department of health is preoccupied by it as in its innovative, surprising and much…

PSU steals thunder from private universities By Jun Velasco A casual chat with sixty-ish Vic Estira, Pangasinan State University president, just gave us a surprise of our life. From its 9,000 student population a couple of years back, the primary government institution of learning has just staged a whopping l8,000 students…

Chito Samson sizzles THIS column suffered a funny typo last week. The word “hyphen” instead of the “–” was inserted between the words “self” and “serving.”  Thanks to our most thoughtful Julie Ann Arrogante, on-line editor, who upon seeing the missing “–” called up a copyboy to “insert a hyphen” meaning a…