Hour of reckoning By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California—The Philippines has no monopoly of natural disasters. They are global. What is sad about the calamities in our country is the face of massive poverty that typhoons and floods bring. We see rain-drenched people from the slums, children swimming on…
Why not a catch-basin for all? By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, the rains came. Again, the floods came. Again, the evacuations came. Again, the donations came. Again, the blame-game came. The rains come because our country has two major seasons: rainy and sunny, or wet and dry, or warm…
The Late Bokal By Bebot Villar I THOUGHT nagbago na siya. Akala ko nag-mature na itong public official na ito. But sad to say, he seems not to have grown up at all. He’s notorious for being late pag dumating. Kung inimbitahan mo daw ng 8:00 a.m., expect him…
“No one may remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world.” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THUS spoke POPE FRANCIS – some three weeks ago – when he made a visit to a slum area in Rio de Janeiro on the occasion of the World Youth Day…
Failures By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BOXING: The Mexico-vs-Philippines rivalry in professional boxing continues and the latest victim last Sunday was Fil-Am Ana Julaton. Yes, our only Filipino female professional boxer, former world champion Julaton, was unable to outclass her Mexican opponent Celina Salazar last August 18 in a…
The fuss in the NIA patubig project By Noel Cabobos THE town of Tayug, the heart of the 6th District, is now under the administrative function of lawyer Tyrone Agabas. But on top of Mayor Agabas is his wife, Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, who ran unopposed during the recent elections…
Typhoon updates online By Johanne Margarette R. Macob “CLASSES… are suspended.” That was the kind of trending posts these past days. Classes, and even work, in the earlier days of the week were cancelled due to the inclement weather: the continuous downpour of monsoon rains resulting to heavy flooding in…
Mambabatas or Mamba-bakes (monkeys)? By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOT a few are wondering what is happening at the Dagupan City sanggunian. Why is it surprisingly quiet? Have the 12 councilors chosen to be like the proverbial “three wise monkeys (bakes ed Pangasinan)”? Have they chosen to become so blind…
Espino will tilt balance in PCL race By Jun Velasco “The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions,” Janius FORMER DENR Secretary Eleazar P. Quinto sent us this text message: “Thanx a lot for mentioning me and my wife, Rina, in…
We had a great time with Raffy Villamil By Gonzalo Duque LAS VEGAS, Nevada—It seems US President Barrack Obama is coming true to his socialist bearings. He now wants the U.S. to go socialist. And you know what’s next, God forbid! As you know, the US of A is still…
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