TIME FOR SOLAR POWER. Finally, a solar panel loan from PAG-IBIG is, indeed, a good news for members like me who also want to avail of free electricity from the sun but cannot afford the technology. It is high time we consider renewable sources of energy given the possibility of…
Ombudsman is showing the way By Ermin Garcia Jr. I realize that this is already hardly the time of the season to continue talking about corruption, for we are supposed to be celebrating with everyone, from the naïve and clueless, to the wily and corrupt. But before I finally…
‘Defense system’ By Jun Velasco “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”- Psalms 34:17 NATURAL disasters are occurring everyday all over Mother Earth. They have become ordinary events. The frequency makes one wonder if they are an “advance party” of a…
MM has a better traffic system than Jakarta By Gonzalo Duque WE have been complaining too much about traffic congestion in Metro Manila. All the pagmumura and bad words directed against Metro Manila’s traffic enforcers and the government especially during traffic jams are very common. Parang wala nang solusyon ang…
Tokyo at its cheapest By Al S. Mendoza (Happy birthday to Fiscal Boni Sison, Nov. 30) TOKYO – It is winter here but minus snow. The so-called nippy weather hasn’t embraced the world’s third largest economy, after the US and China. N’yet. The yen is weak, but no…
Only one solution left By Bebot Villar IT was Tuesday night when I chanced upon a TV interview of my friend, retired general Dionisio R. Santiago, former chief ng Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) at Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Maliwanag ang sinabi ni Gen. Santiago na dati pa at…
Typhoon Ruby jeopardizes Batang Pinoy National Games? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS I write this piece Thursday (Dec. 4), PAGASA warned that ‘Ruby’ a new powerful typhoon, has already entered the Philippine area of responsibility and will most likely hit eastern Visayas and Mindanao. If Ruby doesn’t change its…
57th Philippine PEN Conference Nen Santiago Villafania KASUMSUMPAL labat na 57th Philippine PEN Conference ed saya’y imbeneg a Disiembri 2-3, 2014. Tan apalaran lamet iyan magter a lingkor yo bilang sakey ed saray apilin 2015-18 Board of Directors na Philippine PEN– ulupan da’ray umaanlong, sumasalaysay, tan nobilista. Kabaiba iran…
Basketball ‘Ending’ By Hilda Austria CHRISTMAS is just a few days away. Aside from the usual decorations and lights, ‘dropballs’ are among the other attractions in “Perya” in barangays alongside fiesta celebrations. While, opposition to illegal gambling activities such as the widely known ‘Jueteng’ and the ‘dropball’ remain, a…
THE BUREAUCRACY THAT KILLS. My teeth are gnashing and I feel sad over the loss of one precious life and the misery suffered by 25 others, and still counting as of press time, after they ate tahong (mussel) in Bolinao town. Why is the government so slow in disseminating information?…
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