Postscript to Mother’s Day By Marifi Jara To be a woman is to have interests and duties, raying out in all directions from the central mother-core, like spokes from the hub of a wheel. The pattern of our lives is essentially circular. We must be open to all points on…

As the Filipinos wallow in Poverty, Hunger, Sickness By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The last elections simply serve to prove one clear and imminent danger: The slow but sure erosion of democracy in this country. Democratic life cannot long co–exist with poverty, hunger and sickness. Such a pitiful situation…

Pork barrel, Senate’s most alluring plum By Gerry Garcia ASIDE from being just a block away from the presidency, a senatorial seat also carries with it the most alluring plum dangling above the noses of every senatorial wannabe — the pork barrel. Each senator gets a pork allocation of more…

Turning point By Jun Velasco TOMORROW, May l4 circa 2007 will go down in Philippine history as a turning point in our nation’s political life. Some l00 lives have been lost since the start of the campaign. Friendships have been shattered, families divided, reputations damaged and relationships estranged in this…

Cocopea on the forefront By Gonzalo Duque THE other day, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), – the umbrella network of private educational institutions representing some 90 percent of private schools nationwide – has tasked this humble representation to chair an advocacy committee that will work with the…

Cashew nut sheller increases production By Sosimo Ma. Pablico A manually operated cashew nut sheller developed by agricultural engineers of the Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE), which is based in the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, has made cashew nut production and processing in Limay, Bataan more…

Make a list and check it twice By Marifi Jara By now, we would have had enough of the campaigning from both the national and local candidates. Party is over. Time to get serious. On election day tomorrow, May 14, let’s turn the spotlights on ourselves as voters. Allow me…

Conflagration not mere fire, threatens the city By Gerry Garcia MANILA Bulletin correspondent Jun Velasco had recently confided to us how his pare Mayor Jolly kept telling him that he felt his days  were numbered, that his end would come any day or night. And we guessed it was this…

The city in Jolly’s eyes By Jun Velasco HAD not a friend called to join a party for the older brother (Dick) of our high school classmate (Virgilio Zulueta) who just died, we would have been with Mayor Jolly Resuello when he and eight others were shot by hired assassins….

Practical Considerations By Gonzalo Duque JUST one more week – or six days, to be exact – is Judgement Day. While I wrote this, I saw an appeal issued by the group of Justice Emilio Gancayco and Dr. James Dy urging our voters to go out and vote. Yes, even…