The Supreme Court of the Philippines By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. During these days of frustration in the search for truth and times of exasperation in the pursuit of justice, the Supreme Court of the Philippines stands at the summit of hope especially for those who feel or know…

Saved by PhilRice – JICA project By Sosimo Ma. Pablico After losing their savings in more than a decade as overseas workers in Hongkong, husband and wife Eduardo and Agnes Asuncion of Currimao, Ilocos Norte have found  the farm as their escape from the memory of scams that almost ruined…

Quest for Quality By Marifi Jara As a little girl, on our family summer visits to my mother’s hometown, Sabangan, San Fabian, I would know that we were close to my grandparents’ home once we hit the rough road. That last left turn to my most wonderful childhood playground brought…

Who is next? By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. One down and counting. It cannot be otherwise. The one who fell was burdened with some overwhelming socio-moral accountabilities. The next one will find it hard not to fall as well. The latter’s both ethical and political liabilities are much more…

Sooner or later By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The signal is clear. The message is loud: jueteng is a personal curse and a national shame. This is the bitter lesson that goes with the guilty verdict rendered on a former president primarily on account of jueteng payolas. Jueteng is…

Rats in gov’t still playing while cats are not looking By Gerry Garcia THE  pronouncement of the guilty verdict on ex-President Erap Estrada was made late morning of last Wednesday, also a day devoted to national prayer for unity and reconciliation, wasn’t  even half  exciting here as in Metro Manila…

Bebot Villar next BoC chief? By Jun Velasco WATCHING  Joey  de  Venecia III  throw those  gentle  swings at  controversial Comelec chairman Ben Abalos  reminds us of  his boyhood, when we’d  act as his escort to  some social obligations  (mostly of the congressman) of his erpat, then oil-man businessman  Joe de…

Scrap the SK By Gonzalo Duque KUDOS to the student leaders who in a recent conference in Baguio City made a position paper to scrap the Sangguniang Kabataan from our political system. The young leaders probably saw that the SK was doing our youth more harm than good. Santisima! Have…

Late but Not Outdone By Sosimo Ma. Pablico BEING LATE IN A LEARNING SITUATION does not necessarily mean that it would be difficult to catch up with those who started from the very beginning, as shown by a 76 year old farmer who has produced the highest and second highest…