By Ermin Garcia Jr. I volunteered to take a “sabbatical leave” from posting and reading points of view last Wednesday, because I knew I had to clear my mind and focus on God’s teachings and suffering. These after all are what the pandemic is all about. There are lessons to…
By Al S. Mendoza THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) may yet be moved again from its April 18 opening to possibly early May. No worries. The PBA’s fate will always be dependent on health protocols in Metro Manila and its environs. With the ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine) in full force…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THIS is not another word from a friend who uses “foots” as the plural form of foot, or his extension of its context when a lot of people march on their “feets”. Goods is not a new word, it is an old word with a new…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano “PINULITIKANG lugaw” The Filipinos have just been served “pinulitikang lugaw” this Holy Week. It started with a barangay official who denied passage to a food courier by vehemently claiming that the “lugaw,” he was about to deliver, was not considered essential. The actual apprehension of…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked when I was informed that my cycling and age contemporaries Pacifico “Amang” Ortiz of Marikina, Rizal and Luis Lucas also of Metro Manila, both Tour of Luzon veterans, died last week, one after the other. Unfortunately, my two sources could not confirm…
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.inspirationalife.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. ONCE upon a time, an old man lived with his three sons in a village. The three sons were hard workers. Still, they quarreled…
By Leonardo Micua AFTER a streak of bad news spurred by the continuous steep rise of COVID-19 cases, comes finally the good news that could hopefully whip up our spirit in this time of the pandemic. So inspiring is the report that a Filipino priest and scientist is now struggling…
Mayor Lim’s sheer COVID folly By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN Mayor Brian Lim must be tempting the gods of COVID-19 to trigger a major surge in COVID cases in the city and other towns by keeping the Tondaligan Beach open throughout the Holy Week. He’s either one helluva pasaway…
Remembering sports greats, including Kuya Orly By Al S. Mendoza IT’S good that tradition has been maintained through the years. As I write this, the annual awards to recognize the greats in Philippine sports was to have been held on March 27 at TV5 Media Center in a virtual…
Women and World Water Day By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IT would have been a day for dancing, singing and poetry if the pandemic did not happen. Women’s Month celebrations across the years were happy occasions, a combination of intellectual discussions and lively festivities. The event, “Women, Environment and Poetry”…
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