The May election and the Mindanao challenge By Jun Velasco ASIDE from the automation polls anxiety, the Filipino electorate will have to tackle the social volcano in Mindanao. We don’t see it easily, in concrete terms in this part of the country, but like the thief you already knew who…
Candilakos and Candilokos By Gonzalo Duque THE cat is out of the bag! After all, the guys (and a few gals) you had smelled as using the election season as the best opportunity to make a few bucks, some to the tune of millions, have been unmasked. Aha, we gotcha!
Happiness is a bowl of monggo By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–I woke up at the start of the week thinking I need a breather from political news, the Maguindanao massacre, other crimes here and there, and climate change. We’re welcoming December, after all, my favorite month! Coming from a tropical…
Triple Philippine disaster By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The Filipinos are basically good and kind people. Theirs is by and large a simple life with simple needs. They do not really demand much as much as they never really had anyway in the course of their relatively short history…
A developed labor force to modernize RP By Jun Velasco WHAT happened in Maguindanao could portend a serious political backlash that would take an entire might of the government to handle if it should be able to restore normalcy, Up to now, we find it hard to imagine how supposedly…
RP to produce world-class athletes By Gonzalo Duque WE are on the road to producing world-class athletes. This became evident recently with the initiatives and efforts of the Commission on Higher Education and the Philippine Sports Commission to develop Filipino athletes to world-class variety. How are we going to do…
“Ex-priests” By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is certainly not a secret that there is a sizable number of Catholics priests in the Philippines – and in the Catholic world in general – who failed to keep the formal and categorical promises, obligations or commitments specially appended to their…
Republican democracy and state of poverty By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is well known that democracy stands for the rule of the people through the government they choose, acting as free and sovereign citizens. Needless to say, a fundamental element of democracy is the freedom of the people…
No title yet By Jun Velasco AT the Manila Hotel Thursday noon, we bumped into Gov. Spines and his entourage including Reps. Art Celeste and Rachel Arenas, Board Member Raul Sison, his presumptive vice gubernatorial bet Freddie Calimlim, Mayors Rey Velasco, Ayoy Resuello, Roy Macanlalay, Ric Camacho, Armando Domantay and…
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