Pitiful Filipinos By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “WE, the sovereign Filipino people…” Thus begins the proclamation of the noble ideals and aspirations of the People of the Philippines in nothing less than the “Preamble” of their present Constitution. Among their other sublime yearnings and noble resolves, the following are…
Boxers Julaton and Donaire By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRSTLY, my warm congrats to the former two-time world super bantamweight queen Fil-Am boxer Ana “Hurricane”Julaton for winning her most recent bout against Mexico’s pride, world ranked Perla Hernandez, held on November 2 at Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. Her victory…
Philippine PEN 2013 Conference Nen Santiago Villafania NAGAWA so tulagan na Philippine PEN ed saya’y arapen a Desiembri 3-4 (Tuesday-Wednesday) dia ed Marilen Gaerlan Conservatory-North Wing, De La Salle University, Manila. Say tima ono pakdaar “Literature of Concord and Solidarity: The Writer as Peacemaker.” Keynote speaker si Jaime An…
Listen to your conscience By Johanne Margarette R. Macob AN open letter to Mrs. Janet Lim-Napoles: I don’t have the slightest idea when this yarn starring yourself, would end, with all your “I invoke my right against self incrimination” blah blahs. I don’t know how many books I…
Poetics na Galing Nen Santiago Villafania NAIMBITAAN ak nen imbeneg a simba ya mansalita nipaakar ed pakdaar a “Pluma ng Agimat at Kawit: Ang Panitikang Kabitenyo sa Kontemporaryong Panahon” dia ed Aguinaldo Shrine, Kawit, Cavite. Binasak so papil kon Poetics ng Agimat no iner imparungtal ko no anto koniksion…
The planned massacre of The PUNCH By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN the land of warlords, journalists are disposed of randomly with bullets and are buried with the backhoe. The Maguindanao massacre proved that. In the land of the greedy privileged few, journalists who wave the press freedom flag and…
Making the system survive By Jun Velasco “Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people,” Abraham Lincoln WE should be able to learn a few and probably obvious lessons from the recent barangay elections. No doubt, the exercise was full of holes. Some critics…
P-noy’s descending popularity By Gonzalo Duque HAPPY Holidays! No, not exactly, we mean, happy reunion with our loved ones who have already departed to their saintly lives. You know, on All Saints Day, this columnist has always had the personal experience of feeling the blessings of our departed parents….
Cone does it again, but Pingris is my hero By Al S. Mendoza THE beauty of the last championship clash in the PBA is that, although San Mig Coffee and Petron Blaze were sister teams, they fought tooth-and-nail so to speak. It made Ramon S. Ang, the San Miguel…
Let’s move on By Bebot Villar THANK God quiet na uli ang kapaligiran. Tapos na rin ang mga bangayan. Wala nang mga sumbong at pang- iistorbo sa cellphone. The people have spoken. Of course, may mga nag-celebrate at meron ding parang namatayan ang itsura dahil sa pagkatalo nitong Oct….
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