God smiles at Pangasinan By Jun Velasco “And the King shall answer and say unto them, verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,” Matthew 25:40 OUR 2-hour forum on…
Fearless forecast: JDV vs Spines in 2016 4th D congressional race By Gonzalo Duque HAPPY New Year to all! I greet you with much hope, but sa totoo lang tayo po’y medyo ninenerbyos nang kaunti. We have been meeting a lot of soothsayers who give us a gloomy picture of the…
Happiness in the new year By Al S. Mendoza WHAT is happy about the new year? Well, everything new, generally speaking, makes us happy. A new pair of shoes makes us happy. New clothes. New friends. New beginnings. The new year makes us new again that’s why we are…
An Honest Mistake By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD A “MISTAKE” is said to be “honest” when committed under one or more of the usual following simple reasons: One, the person concerned makes a blunder without knowing, much less wanting it. Two, the individual in question either says what he…
Better PH sports in 2014? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. EVERY Christian has its own way to welcome the New Year. But for most of us Filipinos. we greet the year with fireworks, firecrackers and whistle bombs, blowing our vehicles’ and bicycles horns, ringing the bells, banging the drums,…
Yesteryear’s lessons By Johanne Margarette R. Macob AFTER my second heartbreak six months ago, waking up day to day has been laborious. A week or a month or couple of that weren’t enough for me to move on. I sort of thought then that year 2013 isn’t for me. Likewise,…
The Old Normal By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TIME and again, there are people who speak and/or write about the “New Normal” probably to mean the adoption of new values, the observance of new behavioral patterns in the passage of time from then to now. There is the “New…
The film as national unifier By Jun Velasco “Is there a love that is nobler than one’s love for country? Certainly none.” —Andres Bonifacio THURSDAY, we were drawing up plans with film makers and the media to rally the nation behind local films for nation building. Our discussions were…
Belen’s Xmas bonus for employees By Gonzalo Duque DAGUPENOS have had a meaningful Christmas. Especially City Hall employees who earlier were fearing non-payment of their salaries or outright dismissal from service due to bankruptcy left by the past administration. What happened was—Mayor Belen Fernandez, displaying skill and intelligence was…
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