Tour de Plaza mulled By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE recently directed the Jun Ebdane Tour of Zambales last December 30 to fete the former public works and highways secretary in his home province. It was another successful and memorable event. For sure, the Zambalenos have discovered a new and…
The privileged senior citizen By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHO says lives of senior citizens are on a downhill path? Absolutely not true. Senior citizens (yes, including myself) always have something to look forward to, something new, something exciting to live for the next day. For many, it could be a…
US, China are the world’s worst polluters By Jun Velasco WE are sad witnesses to the conceits among governments of the different countries while dealing with climate change. The document that the world leaders hammered out in Copenhagen to promote a safe world environment has suffered a snag because the…
Be humble By Gonzalo Duque WHAT does Christmas mean to all of us? Offhand, it should mean “joy,” fiestas, celebration, love, peace, contentment, food, and lots of it, mostly whatever is pleasurable. We are debating with any of the things you have learned to associate Christmas such as those aforementioned….
To make Christmas meaningful, be forgiving By Al S. Mendoza TODAY, December 27, is two days after Christmas 2009. Because to me, late is never late, Merry Christmas! What is Christmas? Christmas is Jesus Christ.
Happy New Year? By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE last Christmas was “Merry”, all right – for most Filipinos at least, considering the big havoc brought about by a volcano, not to mention the many lives lost at sea plus some loses and pains brought about by house burning and…
First time By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THERE’S always a first time. I can’t dispute this cliché. And this was proven to me once again on December 20 during the 3rd Gen. Bataoil – Garcia Cup, an-all amateur event, where, I am sorry to say, for the first time in…
Indivisible and not absolutized By Fr. Roy Cimagala THESE were two ideas that got stuck in my mind as I read Pope Benedict’s advanced message for the 2010 World Day of Peace, to be given on New Year’s Day. It’s a message dedicated to our duty to protect the whole…
The magic of Christmas and Santa By Ermin Garcia Jr. I believe I was six years old when I first encountered and discovered the “magic” of Santa Claus, he who gifted me with toys that I remembered seeing displayed in department stores. It was Christmas Eve in the early 50s….
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