Seven capital sins By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. In general, the reality of sin in terms of doing what is forbidden by God or omitting what He precisely ordains to be done. The following insights are but elementary knowledge among Christians: One, sin is ultimately a slap, an insult…

Fishpond conversion issue: Who’s in charge? By Sunshine Erfe-Mallary DAGUPAN City has become known as the Bangus Capital of the World. It was in the previous city administration that this title for Dagupan was propelled and has been carried on even until now, thanks to the continuous promotions given it….

A grand salute to Mother Goose Special Science High for its ‘unusual’ record By Jun Velasco THIS special science high school that came out of the “womb” of a super nursery school — Mother Goose Playskool – has made a name for itself as the producer of great minds. We’re…

LP on the upswing By Gonzalo Duque DON’T get us wrong. Just because we wrote nice things about Manny Villar should not mean we were rooting for him as a presidential wannabe. We received some text messages, presumably from the Villar camp, expressing dismay over our last column which played…

Ethical principles By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Reason alone when sound and wherefore rational, knows what is right or wrong, what is good or bad. This is true for people, irrespective of race, color and creed. While schooling might help them to make the distinction easier and better, the…

August 21 stirring By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique—It would sound so romantic to say that August 21, 1983, the day Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was killed, was the day of my political awakening. But that would exactly be it, romanticizing my memory of that day 26 years ago. Although I…

As the AFP suffer and weep By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. They become soldiers for little and live as soldiers with little. They are sent to places where there is little to enjoy and little means to communicate with their families. They live in camps where there are but…

Maybelyn Fernandez for councilor in 2010 By Jun Velasco GOOD news to Punch readers who keep asking about the whereabouts of consultant Gerry Garcia, dear uncle of publisher Ermin Jr., who has been “missing” in this page for some time now. We saw  a couple of days back  the younger…

Rebirth of the Liberal Party By Gonzalo Duque WE missed you, dear readers, last week. The reason we intentionally did not write our column was the death of our beloved former President, Tita Cory Aquino. We mourned her passing, just like most of you. It was President Cory who appointed…

Moral contrast By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. One of the rational and valid questions asked on the occasion of the phenomenal funeral rites of the former President Corazon Aquino personally attended by some 300 thousand of Filipinos and closely watched by millions through it extensive TV coverage, is precisely…