“Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t” By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD Without the least intention of being offensive much less of expressing irreverence, the above quoted axiom is simply meant to emphatically drive home the truth about the present huge financial predicament of the present administration – in…

Talong at bagoong By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique—It’s not a case of LSS (last song syndrome), where the last song that you heard, usually not on purpose and merely picked up in passing or in the background somewhere, plays repeatedly in your head until you feel that you are going…

Eye of the storm By Jun Velasco MAYOR Benjie Lim’s blitz action on the notorious illegal fishpens has perplexingly worried the illegal fishpens’ number one critic, Alfredo Dawana, the man who wanted to destroy all the illgal fish pens. Dawana fears the mayor might really mean to dismantle all the fishpens including the legit. It would result…

Ok kayo, P’noy and Chiz, for ban of self-serving billboards By Gonzalo Duque MINUS the over-damning of former President Gloria Arroyo (wala na sa poder, inaatake pa ng katakot takot ng mga alipores), P-noy’s recent moves were highly commendable and inspiring. The “wangwang” was good. But this latest one — banning self-serving billboards…

Slow but sure By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD There is the old and wise saying that “Slow but sure goes far in a day.” To further complement the maxim, it is said that “haste makes waste.” There is also the advisory that “One should hit the ground, running.” These realities…

Vlad Mata back in action By Jun Velasco THERE’S a kind of plus all over the land, and it’s incumbent upon all of us to be in step and sustain the joyful tune. In case you’d mistake our words for a popular ditty, no, we are simply catching the light…

Labir ti lan labir, agla nabirbir, maablir! By Gonzalo Duque WE are happy for President Noynoy for his extremely high trust ratings. At the same time, we are worried for him. It’s risky to be trusted too much. There’s the risk of non-realization of expectations. But our instincts say Pnoy will…

“Emeritus” – 2 By +Oscar v. Cruz, JCD Time and again, the word “emeritus” is heard. Here and then wherefore, the question is asked: What does the term “emeritus” mean? And the answers are different, depending of the knowledge, the interest or even the mood of the person asked. And…

Bad cop, good cop By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–You’ve got to give it to text power and citizen vigilance. It took just one person from the community to send one text message to the police headquarters in Camp Crame to round up five police officers in Mangaldan who were having…

Jig Seen, a professional flutist By Jun Velasco WE find greenhorn Councilor Jig Seen, son of our old pal Susing, a rare bird in culture-hungry Dagupan. His virtuoso-like playing with the flute ranks him among the select talents in the city. We believe it was this talent that has landed…