ILLEGAL STRUCTURES VS. PENRO – I hope my good friend and kumpadre Second District Board Member Nestor “Nikki Boy” Reyes was only joking and was using a metaphor when he said “Engineer, I live a stone’s throw from the beach”. BM Reyes was reacting to OIC PENRO (Provincial Environment and Natural Resources…
Wanted: Volunteer Anti-Corruption Watchdogs By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHERE is our country headed to? While President Duterte is bent on showing that corruption has no place in government under his watch, the massive vote-buying seen during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK elections) was scandalous, to say the least….
Rizal’s unread letter to Leonor discovered By Gonzalo Duque THIS corner received from Canada a copy of Leonor Rivera’s letter to our National Hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. It was sent to us by Dr. Catherine Velasco, who received the document from Marife Llamas Dioquino whose lola, a certain…
Fights between Filipinos KJ; ‘Lodi’ LeBron By Al S. Mendoza IT was a fight harshly booed. Sad because the clash featured Filipinos. I refer to the Jerwin Ancajas-Jonas Sultan bout on May 27. Ancajas won to retain his IBF world 115-lb flyweight crown—but not after he received the brunt…
Virtual Binds By Virginia J. Pasalo “REYNALDO Duldulao just joined Messenger!” It sounded like a call from the grave. He was an FB friend in April 2012. I never met him, but we had things in common. My first conversation with him: “Hi, Reynaldo! I am impressed, the collection…
Exploring Spain’s world of sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LLORET de MAR, GIRONA, SPAIN — I arrived here last May 30 after a long 14-hour flight from Clark International Airport to Barcelona International Airport (excluding the 3-hour Hong Kong layover). I had planned on traveling to this country…
The Five Finger Prayer By Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story or an article I read in a page in www.inspire21.com. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. Thumb (people who are close to you) Your thumb is nearest to you. So, begin your prayers by…
ELDERS STILL CORRUPTING SK — The cat is out of the bag! Some Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen in Asingan were paid ₱5,000 each to favor a candidate for president of the SK Federation preferred by a town official. This is a most shameful incident and a direct affront to the SK Reform…
Neutrality By Virginia J. Pasalo “Yes! There is nothing like neutrality!” is the comment of Fr. Eliseo Mercado on my post of May 16: “We decide everyday how to live our lives, by doing something, or doing nothing, by hating or loving. The choice is ours.” I countered, “Neutrality…
Fr. Soc’s political pastoral letter By Ermin Garcia Jr. I read and reread the pastoral letter written by Archbishop Socrates Villegas on May 24, and I could not find a single line that preached Jesus’ discipleship. The letter even ignored Mark 12:17: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Give back…
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