Too late By Jun Velasco GLOBAL Warming and Climate Change. These are the catchwords these days. The problem is they have come to mean suffering, despair, pain, anguish and death. We are moved by Filipinos’ instantaneous acts of love, sympathy, pity, care and concern. Again, the problem is we act…
Crack in De Venecia’s political armor By Gonzalo Duque SAN DIEGO, California–Filipinos in the US are disillusioned by former President Erap’s declaration of running for president. They said what has he yet to prove?
Development: From the bottom up By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. In underdeveloped countries – or “developing” nations for socio-political correctness – economic progress and its accompanying societal and personal gains are usually identified with and confined within the elite thereof. In the same way, political authority and influence are…
Dam some more By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–One of the best legacies of the Portuguese colonization here is the Cahora (or sometimes Cabora) Bassa Dam on the long Zambezi River (we are here at the eastern end of that river). Like our San Roque Dam there, it is a hydroelectric…
A sobering voice By Jun Velasco AT long last, we got a word of authority that we hope would soothe frayed nerves as a result of the controversial release of excess water from the embattled San Roque Dam believed cause the disaster that has descended on Pangasinan and neighbors. The…
Spines’ righteous wrath By Gonzalo Duque IN the aftermath of the deadliest and most destructive Typhoon Pepeng that flattened and inundated our province, we wish to remind public officials and the high heeled private socialites hereabouts to please (por Dios por santo) forego their frivolous and extravagant activities.
Climate Change By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. When the matter of “Climate Change”, “Global Warming” and related concerns were first brought to the formal attention of the world, at first there was shock. This was followed by worry that in some way ended in doubt if not downright rejection…
Exit International By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The womb, the crib and diapers, the mittens, the stroller and milk bottles – these are but some of the immediate symbols not only of human life but also the love, care and attention given to it. Teachers and schools, books and…
Global cataclysm, God forbid! By Jun Velasco BECAUSE of myopia, our thoughts are glued to our insecurities. We are preoccupied with self-flagellation, severely blaming ourselves for the tragedy that that has descended upon us. To mitigate the pain, we tell ourselves that we, Filipinos, have no monopoly of the climatic…
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