Interpretation of laws By +Oscar V. Cruz While this is already a long since well settled question in countries where there are three independent branches of government—the legislature, the executive department and the judiciary—it would do no harm to ask the question: who has the more immediate and better competence…
‘Boy’ Rayos; Dissolve the Frats if… By Gerry Garcia Fraternities on some if not most Pinoy school campuses today, even if the members think they are impressive and envied owing to the classy Greek-based names they have chosen for their society, have become nothing but unprincipled groupings of friends. Friends…
Beautiful places By Jun Velasco WAS it Mayor Leo de Vera’s modernizing town of Bayambang – with the legendary plaza largely funded by Cesar Quiambao — the starter of it all? Or Mayor Jolly Resuello’s San Carlos City? Don’t forget that in the 60’s, Palaris City was adjudged the most…
Christ’s passion and sacrifice By Gonzalo Duque ON the celebration of Lent, it is my hope that the country will finally find solace in Christ’s passion and sacrifice. How humbling that the Saviour chose to die in order to save mankind. Alas, many of our brethen couldn’t say goodbye to…
Farmers call center works wonders By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Rice farmers in distress or in need of information may very well send a text message to the Farmers Call Center of the PhilRice-led Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture. With a text message worth 1.00, you would surely find out that…
The Church By +Oscar V. Cruz A church that remains at the sidelines in the quest for truth, in the promotion of justice, in defense of human dignity, is irrelevant. A church that pretends to be blind, deaf and dumb to public lying, cheating and stealing is a party to…
Courting chaos By +Oscar V. Cruz The Socio-Political situation in the country is already boiling hot. More and more anti-administration organizations and movements are being formed. There are also many counter administration moves being actually staged or still undergoing some planning. The future is not promising for Malacañang and its…
Last road to ‘change’ – or perdition By Gerry Garcia ADMITTEDLY we’re amazed no end NOT at the allegedly astonishing level to which corruption in government has risen today. . . but at the complaints and squawks stirred. These have been many and so nauseatingly repetitious like a broken record…
“Ideas are bullet-proof” – Joan de Venecia By Jun Velasco AT her first speaking engagement after hurdling the bar, superlady (she is only 25) bar topnotcher Joan Alvares de Venecia, sister of Councilor Alex and daughter of former Councilor Tony who is sometimes dubbed as Speaker JDV’s political mentor during…
CHEd in the hot seat By Gonzalo Duque AS president of the Lyceum Northwestern University, I have just caused the filing of a libel suit against officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) led by their chairman Carlito Puno for maligning the good name of our university for saying…
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