Sustainability By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I GREW up believing in fairytales, in destinies, in happy endings. That sooner or later, everything will be okay. I came of age adhering to Aristotle’s philosophy that man is naturally sociable as he/she is not self-sufficing. That families, friendships and other relationships…
There they go again By Ermin Garcia Jr. SHORTLY after Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez reported to the city her initial struggles, challenges and accomplishments as the city’s new mayor, the remaining ragtag loyalists of former Mayor Benjie Lim and his son Vice Mayor Brian suddenly went into an offensive last…
Com. Padaca and a trustworthy Comelec By Jun Velasco “You will be punished by the Lord of hosts With thunder and earthquake and great noise With storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire.” Isaiah 29:6 WHILE most quarters are talking about the First 100 days of…
No reconciliation without justice By Gonzalo T. Duque THIS columnist has been under severe attack by ailing Benjie Lim’s attack dogs because of our zealous support to Mayor Belen Fernandez. They (we know them though hiding in a shroud of darkness) have been throwing all kinds of dirt, innuendoes, etcetera…
Boring bouts and not-so-laughable jokes By Al S. Mendoza IT was another boxing bore, all right. But who said it wasn’t to be? Minutes after the fight deal was inked, I immediately said it was going to be a bore in the magnitude of the Mayweather-Alvarez stinker. Only the…
Drug problem “already contained” By Bebot Villar THAT is the gist of the letter I received from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Arturo Cacdac. Ito ay bilang response ni Gen. Cacdac sa mga puna ng inyong lingkod tungkol sa drug situation sa ating region. Kudos to him…
On Pork and Pigs By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD NO. This is not to mean to violate the elementary norm of good conduct and right manners. Neither is this intended to offend, much less to insult anyone, for that matter. It is but expressing anger and disgust at the…
Sunday mourning By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IF you’re an avid fan of Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marquez like me, it was a day of mourning for us last Sunday. Marquez, whom I predicted to win (not as a friend but from my personal perspective), failed to wrest…
7 reasons why art is stress-relieving OCTOBER 17, 2013; 9:48 p.m. I just got home from watching a friend do a mural on one of the private yet very-public walls in the town. I asked him if he was paid to do such and I wasn’t surprised when he answered…
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