“Team Buhay.” “Team Patay.” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD ALL of a sudden, life or death has become but a political issue, nothing more than a partisan political matter. To speak openly about this reality is no taboo for the citizens of the Philippines. To choose publicly between the…
Meeting ex-world champ Barrera in the flesh By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I BELIEVE you watched the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight title fight on TV two Saturdays ago between defending champion Filipino Donnie Nietes and WBO minimum weight titlist Mexican Moises Fuentes held at the Waterfront Hotel…
Women: Stepping out, pressing on By Johanne R. Macob MARCH is Fire Prevention Month but apart from that, it’s also Women’s Month. Well, just saying for the sake of those who were not aware. Anyway, Women’s Month always reminds me (even more) of the ever-cunningly-existing ‘crusade’ towards sexual equality. At…
Hospital war By Jun Velasco “I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow,” says the Lord.” YOU’LL be amused at the many smart and clever strategies candidates use to capture public attention. On our way home last night, we saw attractive tarpaulin posters of…
Swan Song to PRISAA By Gonzalo Duque AFTER overseeing a successful edition of the national PRISAA games, we delivered our Swan Song. Why? We wish to let you in on our letter addressed to PRISAA member-schools. May I please inform you that Lyceum-Northwestern University has withdrawn, effective February 14, 2013,…
Touch me not By Al S. Mendoza CEBU CITY—I am here in the so-called Queen City of the South. But what caught my attention is not found in this heart of Cebuano Country but in Ilonggo Country instead. It is in two tarpaulins titled, “TEAM BUHAY, TEAM PATAY.” I saw…
The common denominator By Bebot Villar ANG mga minors are not just being used by illegal drug peddlers, they are already being abused. In Dagupan, isang 15-year-old girl na ang nauna nang nahuli ang PDEA as drug courier. But last week, believe it or not, isang 12-year old girl na…
By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS REPARATION And RECOGNITION ACT OF 2013” Partly just, partly unjust! Somehow right, somehow wrong! Fair in a way, unfair in another way! Kind for some, cruel for others! Selective not inclusive. Partial not equitable. Preferential not equal. Conclusion: Just as what is…
My fifth world boxing title watch By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BY the time you read this piece I would have already returned from Cebu City with my two sons Jazy and Moses. At presstime, we are preparing for our trip to watch the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight…
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