We are our brother’s keepers By Gonzalo Duque WASHINGTON D.C. — In deference to the flood-season in the Philippines (not here in the U.S., see how we empathize with you fellow Filipinos?), we shall refrain from doing unsavoury political articles this week. Our cellphone continues to receive text messages concerning…
Whipping boys, if not decorations, in every Olympiad By Al S. Mendoza THERE are two ways to approach every Olympic Games to keep our sanity. One, we are going there not to win medals. Two, we are going there as a commitment to world peace through sports. Only about 30…
Shabu is cheap in Pangasinan By Bebot Villar Panay ang reklamo natin pag mataas ang presyo ng mga bilihin pero did you know na the price of shabu in Pangasinan is now the cheapest in Region 1? Yes, that’s according to officer-in-charge Police Provincial Director, Senior Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa,…
Contraception By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD CONTRACEPTION is a many splendor thing to different people with different ideologies, beliefs, and consequent value system – as politicians, businessmen, secularists, and spiritualists. There are those who claim that it is the infallible solution to poverty and misery. Never mind if there are…
In Cebu for the Tour CEBU CITY – OUR flight to this city last Monday night was a one-hour and five minute-flight with approximately 40 scary minutes of unstable ride due to the inclement weather. It was the low-pressure area that eventually turned into a typhoon, internationally named Haiku. We…
Political Trap By Leonardo J. Galvez Adding more problems to the financially strap national government is the plan to add another congressional district in the province. It’s not advisable at this time. From the looks of it, it’s another ploy at “getting” another seat in the halls of congress. The legal basis…
Assertiveness By S. Bill Jimenez ASSERTING oneself is imperative for the preservation of human dignity. It does not guarantee success all the time for one may be labelled a “troublemaker”, but it is a necessary exercise of human right. So we must assert ourselves humbly, appropriately, morally and legally. A…
The PUNCH’s marketing director By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY, my favorite chief exec, Mayor Benjie Lim, surfaced to react to the reported news about his (and his friend Mr. Jose Mariano Cuña) being charged before the Ombudsman for the alleged anomaly in his 2001 Awai land deal. But I was…
Pablo de Asis, 80, takes a bride By Jun Velasco “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain,” Emily Dickinson WE were on top of Colisao mountain in San Fabian when Orly Guirao called up to say “Benjie is our guest in PPC Media…
Obama has the edge By Gonzalo Duque PHILADELPHIA, USA – On our recent trip to the East Coast (we are en route to Washington D.C.) we overheard Americans and Fil-Ams debating on who’d win the presidential contest. It is often admitted that based on articulate-ness, the ability to mesmerize the…
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