‘Hindi baluktot na daan’ pushed By Gonzalo Duque   MERRY Christmas and a Happy New Year! Happy birthday, former Speaker Joe de Venecia Jr. on December 26. Best wishes to new wedding couple, Dr. Marco S. Duque and Dr. Helki Filart also on December 26. Talagang maliket tan magayagan Pasko…

Drug lords operate inside Bilibid By Bebot Villar   PUBLIC outrage greeted news reports last week on the discovery of 19 convicted drug lords staying in luxurious condominium-like units inside the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City. Imagine, a jacuzzi, cold and hot bath, wide-screen television sets, Wi-Fi and split-type…

Look to Jesus By Hilda Austria   CHRISTMAS is just around the corner, but my excitement for it diminished since I got this infection in my pharynx with severe colds, that weakened my body and impaired my taste buds. How can I enjoy the celebration and all the feasts in…

A school’s odyssey By Jun Velasco             “Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.”  —- Plato   ILLEGAL  drugs, it must be stated with derision, have become an ordinary nuisance. Something is seriously wrong if the community loses its guard against its pernicious damage to…

In God’s own time By Gonzalo Duque   THERE are events or circumstances in our lives that we thought were un-connected but would later show they were inter-connected after all. We have seen the truth of this in a recent experience. Last Wednesday during the Anti-Drug Summit in Lingayen, Pangasinan,…

Flawed protocol of BFAR By Bebot Villar   IT’S unfortunate that one person had to die in Bolinao the other week simply for eating tahong!   Well, in the days that followed, 32 persons more had to be taken to different hospitals in western Pangasinan because of paralytic shellfish poisoning. It…

The drug menace By Johanne Macob NEXT to poverty, illegal drug trafficking is a major problem in the country today, so said our Governor. No argument to that.. Illegal drugs are evil substances that directly and indirectly cause the commission of heinous crimes. Shabu addiction leads users to become sex…

‘Defense system’ By Jun Velasco   “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”- Psalms 34:17   NATURAL disasters are occurring everyday all over Mother Earth. They have become ordinary events. The frequency makes one wonder if they are an “advance party” of a…

MM has a better traffic system than Jakarta By Gonzalo Duque WE have been complaining too much about traffic congestion in Metro Manila. All the pagmumura and bad words directed against Metro Manila’s traffic enforcers and the government especially during traffic jams are very common. Parang wala nang solusyon ang…

Only one solution left By Bebot Villar   IT was Tuesday night when I chanced upon a TV interview of my friend, retired general Dionisio R. Santiago, former chief ng Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) at Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Maliwanag ang sinabi ni Gen. Santiago na dati pa at…