Hong Kong political outrage is familiar to us By Jun Velasco   “Democracy cannot be safe anywhere unless it is safe everywhere,” E.C. McKenzie   FIRST, the good news. The country’s sports world is ecstatic with the gold medal triumph of Fil-Am Daniel Caluag at the Asian Games. Do we…

Mark C makes a mark! By Gonzalo Duque   YES sirreee! Former Congressman Mark Cojuangco said many good things about his supposed “katunggali”—Guv’nor Spines. Well, literally, he as NPC gubernatorial candidate faces Board Member Amado “Pogi” Espino III. But everybody knows that ang kalaban ay si Gob alyas Spines. How…

Selling the unsellable By Oscar V. Cruz   RECENTLY, full-page advertisements were carried by certain local broadsheets with the curious and intriguing partisan political call blatantly addressed “TO OUR COUNTRYMEN”said to be published at the instance of the so curiously called “MOVEMENT FOR REFORM AND MOMENTUM” (MORE2COME) as the ad sponsor. The members of…

A ‘local’ perspective on attaining the MDGs By Johanne R. Macob FOURTEEN years have passed since leaders of 189 countries met at the United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit at the UN headquarters in New York. They agreed to liberate their people from extreme poverty, among other deprivations by year 2015,…

Marriage Nullity By Oscar V. Cruz   FOR a start, it is not only right but even necessary to address the rather big distinction between “Marriage Annulment” and “Marriage Nullity”. Reason: They are radically different in terms of the nature and implications of “Annulment” and “Nullity”. Briefly stated, the said “Annulment” has reference to a marriage that…

A Martial law experience revisited By Jun Velasco   “My thoughts have wings. I can’t be imprisoned by these walls,” Entrances 1980   MEMORIES have their healing power. Who was the poet who said “our greatest joys are those that tell of our saddest thoughts?” In an interview by ABS-CBN’s…

Thank you, Rep. Gina and Mayor Belen! By Gonzalo Duque   THE Duque family will forever be grateful to Congresswoman Gina de Venecia and Mayor Belen Fernandez for the upgrading and renovation of the Sec. Francisco Q. Duque Road—formerly Amado Street—in Barangay Tapuac—in Dagupan City. If you go there today,…

San Roque Dam officials must be transparent By Bebot Villar   AS OF Wednesday last week, the water level at the San Roque Dam in San Manuel, Pangasinan was still rising and it was already approaching 280 meters above sea level (masl), which the San Roque officials refer to as…

Sex and the young By Hilda M. Austria   LET’S talk about sex and the young set as discussed by the Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) 2013 study. As the study showed, to the young adults (YA), those aged 15-24 years old, sex is not a stranger to them….