Outpouring By Jun Velasco IT will take some time when Filipinos and democracy-loving people around the world are able to get over the impact of former President Cort Aquino’s death on August l. 2009. The nation wept. But it eventually rejoiced. We casually call her an “icon” of freedom and…
Bombarded by Manny, Mar and Erap By Gregor Aquino Sajonas WE can’t deny that mass media significantly contributes in shaping the lives of the people and that it is one of society’s important institutions that can mobilize and persuade people. No wonder it is being used by certain individuals to…
A genius says Goodbye By Jun Velasco ONCE in a while, we carry here inspirational articles. Many of our readers have lamented that there’ve been a long paucity that we haven’t come up with one. Well, here’s from our email sent by an old pal since high school days —…
Dangers of a plurality president By Gonzalo Duque UP to now the favorite pasttime of Pinoys is the last SONA of the President. Of course, versions vary. Those who are in the administration or are sympathetic to the President, the Sona was never so good. Especially that part where the…
State of the national administration By +Oscar V. Cruz Now it can be said loud and clear. After no less than nine SONA delivered with the usual pomp and pageantry by the Palace occupant, it is rather evident that the total glorious and heavenly picture of the state of the…
Will Rep. Rachel Arenas be unopposed in 2010? By Jun Velasco WE feared our car’s engine would go dead from the high water on the flooded streets of Barangays Pantal and Bacayao Norte on our way to Mayor Al Fernandez’s Fishpond, where a workshop of disaster preparedness was held last…
Why Manny Villar clicks By Gonzalo Duque PRESIDENTIABLE Manny Villar’s star keeps rising. Just as we thought so. Why? Like we too had said, because he doesn’t badmouth others on his way to the top… unlike most of them drooling to replace President Gloria. The other two who just keep…
Non-SONA By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is not simply pitiful but also shameful, not merely pathetic but in fact lamentable as well. After no less than eight (8) glorious and majestic SONA addresses delivered with all possible glamour and grandiosity, the Philippines has in fact become much more…
Pangasinense Rotarians in Cubao By Jun Velasco PANGASINENSES should applaud two Pangasinenses Cabinet secretaries on the forefront of cutting costs of essential medicines, namely Health Sec. Pingkoy Duque and Trade Sec. Peter Favila. In case you don’t know, a lot of deaths in this country would have been prevented if…
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