Sense and Sensitivity By Johanne R. Macob MY beau would often complain about my being overly sensitive. It’s what we usually fight over, and which I am currently working on. Oops, though it’s still love month, this isn’t another ‘love’ article. I’m actually headed for a ‘sensitivity’ issue here,…
DISRESPECTUL TOWN. Nice town hall, beautiful plaza, robust economic activity in the market but, sadly a tattered flag swaying up there on a flagpole in front of the seat of local government of Malasiqui town. That’s what I saw when I drove through the town on Feb. 6 on my…
Crunch time for Guv Spines By Ermin Garcia Jr. GUV Spines’ indictment and that of his former provincial administrator Raffy Baraan was suddenly ‘affirmed’ by the investigating officer of the Office of the Ombudsman, 3 weeks before the official campaign period for local elections begins. Whichever way one looks…
War vs. drug lords declared anew! By Gonzalo Duque “SORBETES” merchants and traders are at it again! No, we couldn’t stop them. What we should instead do and hold sacred is to help our voters hold on to a commitment to truth, clean living and aversion to crime? Because our…
From Comelec to Omelec By Al S. Mendoza HERE we go again. Posters nailed/hung by candidates in unauthorized spots have been ordered removed by Comelec. What are unauthorized spots but government properties? But are electric posts and electric wires government properties? Aren’t they owned by Meralco or cooperative electric…
Splitting our pro cyclists By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE country’s two annual major professional multi-stage cycling races will be flagged off this month, but unlike last season, surprisingly it will be held this year with conflicting dates. First to reel off is the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) sanctioned Le…
WHEN ALL THE TREES ARE GONE – With highway widening projects now being implemented right and left –at least those that were started prior to the ban on public works projects in view of the coming election – many decades-old trees will again be certainly sacrificed and cut down till perhaps there will…
Easier to apply for president By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS we go into the start of the campaign period for national elective posts, particularly for the presidency and vice presidency, I’d like to call attention to our incongruous system in selecting our leaders vis-à-vis our preferences in our daily lives….
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