The ‘Posterers’ vs. ‘Baklasers’ By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY (?), the once inutile Comelec is beginning to show some fangs threatening to shame ‘pasaway’ candidates who blatantly violate its rules applicable to candidates’ propaganda. The question is: will it bite? Or will it remain the docile, submissive entity powerless when…
Boy Mayor Ambushed 4:20 AM, 28 February 2010, R.I.P By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD There was this man who was once involved in the devious and odious gambling called “jueteng”. It is not a secret that the eventual and constant “winners” from the said racket have been always the same:…
Viewpoints
Expensive politics By Jun Velasco THERE you have it, gentlemen and ladies, Manny Villar’s survey ratings have soared because he has outspent all his presidential rivals in political advertising and propaganda by a billion pesos. Which reminds us of many patriotic and talented Filipinos who don’t get a chance to serve due to lack of funds.
Think about it
Paging City Agriculturist Molina for the nth time! By Gonzalo Duque HAVE you noticed that there is a plurality of political parties in Congressman Joe de V’s family? Kuya Joe has not given up his snake pit Lakas NUCD party. His wife Gina is running under a coalition of parities led…
Playing with Fire
Of PAL Interclub, Tiger & PBA Finals By Al S. Mendoza BACOLOD CITY – The break in the 63rd PAL Interclub Golf afforded me the chance to go PBA-watching here Sunday night on TV — and Wednesday night, too. Never mind that Tiger Woods had grabbed some valuable time from…
General Admission
DEAD FISH: a recipe for a weekend with friends By Rex Catubig It was one of those times when the soul grows restless and pines for release. Just like when you had eaten too much and your stomach feels bloated and you go for a walk to ease the queasiness….
A Kabaleyan’s Thoughts…
My duo event By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST week I was so busy directing and supervising two events in San Marcelino, Zambales. Cycling in the morning and boxing in the evening. The two sports events were organized and sponsored by former DPWH Secretary Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr. in conjunction…
Sports Eye
Malunggay, marunggay, moringa By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–By vegetable standards, I could have been a poster child. I consumed the whole lot. And I’m not just talking about the typical green-therefore-disgusting variety that most children abhor like pechay, repolyo, kangkong, or green peas. Say slimy okra and saluyot? Bring it…
Roots
Bataoil shows preparedness for a new job By Jun Velasco IN a short chat this week, we got a glimpse of Noynoy Aquino’s character. Honest, clear-eyed, patriotic with a road map of the country’s future, the senator won’t mind diving in the approval ratings if raising it has a pecuniary price. No doubt, he has his parents’…




