Experiencing God By Gonzalo Duque BELOW is a paper written by my daughter, Ma. Florinda Princess E. Duque, l8, Pebbles— for short, as her assignment in Theology Class as a freshman in Mass Com at Miriam College. I am taking the liberty to reprint it here, with very minimal editing…

By +OVCRUZ, DD There are many and loud complaints coming especially from the ranks of the poor and the oppressed. There is much resentment among many citizens. There are numerous and repeated dissenting rallies and marches in the streets. It is even said that there is continuing restiveness in the…

Gov’t’s dubious ‘recovery’ of stolen wealth By Gerry Garcia   WE’RE well past 2006, three years dating back to the “doubtful” 2004 presidential elections which had caused PGMA’s unabated bashing by the Opposition. She had, they say, cheated her way to the presidency and beaten the hapless but immensely popular…

Rachel Arenas is it? By Jun Velasco First we change the system, then we are changed by the system.—Anon. WITH the 2007 elections a done deal (Speaker JdV said so), the familiar faces we see during the elections are fast resurrecting day by day. In Pangasinan, those of exciting interest…

Clown-cil of leaders By Gonzalo Duque NANDYAN na naman sila, yong mga walang inaatupag kundi siraan nang siraan ang ating mahal na Pangulo. They have accused and convicted her publicly of everything, as criminal, thief, corrupt, ano pa ba? Lahat na! But where are they now? And what has happened…

  Guingona, a ‘washbeen’ By Gonzalo Duque           WHAT a pathetic political figure former Vice President Tito Guingona is these days. There was a time our favorite ex-governor Oscar Orbos almost descended into what has become of Tito Guingona. But OO was smarter than Tito; he…

  Lift PP 1017 now! By Jun Velasco             QUOTABLE quote: “Treat everyone with kindness, even those who are rude to you, not because they are not nice, but because you are nice.” *          *         * We are in the midst of a political tornado….

    Why more Pangasinenses are for Proc 1017 By Gerry Garcia          The spat between FVR and JDV over whether PGMA’s proclamation 1017 was “overkill” or  not could not of course be resolved with a mere tossing of the coin. Both are no longer kids. For JDV…

Another idea whose time has come     By Gonzalo Duque   THE nation is grieving over the Southern Leyte tragedy.  We are all in mourning and prayers so the Lord Almighty will lighten the sufferings of thousands of the people in that hapless part of the country.  We saw…

Contaminated ice     By Jun Velasco     WE were figuring if the President did right in declaring a state of national emergency at the height of the nation’s observance of Edsa’s 20th year anniversary. It is ironic that the President, a product of  People Power  and  direct democracy …