Cherish Your Struggles Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.developgoodhabits.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. ONE day, a girl came upon a cocoon, and she could tell that a butterfly was trying to hatch. She…
Rapid test kits, a waste of money By Leonardo Micua IT is unconscionable of some local government units to insist on stockpiling and administering Rapid Antibody-based test kits to their constituents even after the Department of Health said it is not recommending as stand-alone tests for diagnosis of COVID-19. In…
A COVID Tale By Jing Villamil THE first time ever that their lives touched base, was at the hospital parking lot which, at the time, was chokingly full. One had to ease sideways through narrow space between cars. Two bodies easing sideways through same narrow space was a feat…
Discrimination vs. senior citizens By Ermin Garcia Jr. Last week, a 74-year-old lady, who lives alone in Mangaldan was dumbfounded at the prospect of dying from hunger because a supermarket refused to allow her to enter and buy her food items, and market officials would not allow her to…
NBA helping us forget, if not crush, the virus By Al S. Mendoza THE National Basketball Association (NBA) has sort of become a savior. Savior, meaning the NBA has saved mankind from extended boredom. The sporting mankind, I mean. If you look at the sports pages today, virtually the NBA…
Praying mantis By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo AT eight o’clock, there was already a long queue at Land Bank of the Philippines, Philcoa Branch. I was among the first to arrive, having been told yesterday that they could no longer accept deposits at 12:00 noon and should come today, despite…
Admissions before media By Atty. Farah G. Decano RECENTLY, Randall Echanis, a militant peasant leader, became part of the growing number of the extrajudicially executed. He was a member of the Anakpawis Partylist. When the victim’s body was “forcibly taken” from the funeral parlor for DNA testing, the police…
NBL Philippines seeks to turn pro By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. THE country’s premiere amateur basketball organization, the National Basketball League Philippines, is now determined to turn professional, according to the league president Celso “Soy” Mercado. And yes, if this plan pushes through with the approval of our country’s professional…
Angry Nails Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.developgoodhabits.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THERE was once a boy who was angry so frequently with his friends at school that he was constantly getting sent…
Mayor Brian “vetoes” a resolution By Leonardo Micua ONLY a meticulous eye can detect a faux pas in the August 4, 2020 agenda of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod where it was made to appear as if Mayor Brian Lim vetoed a simple resolution of that august body. Part of the agenda…
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