The still unsettled war in the south By Gerry Garcia A CLASSIC-happy music-lover for more than 8 decades of my life, I can’t help getting a big kick out of learning from Star’s music critic Rosalinda Orosa that even foreign conductors love wielding the baton for local symphonic ensembles, like…
Honesty, it’s a lonely word By Jun Velasco WE are reprinting the gist of an oratorical piece by a high school student because we find its cutting relevance to the times. Here goes: “On my way to this meeting, I noticed the resplendent beauty of our beloved Philippines – its…
Super shoes from Las Vegas By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California —In case you take your shoes that are not super-fit, be warned. They could cause body and mental ailments. We wish to hug the doctor who has advised us to change our old pair of shoes when we often…
Have gun, will kill By Al S. Mendoza GUNS don’t kill. It is the owner of the gun that kills. Simple as that. Didn’t Claudio Teehankee Jr. use his gun to kill two persons while wounding another one tragic night in 1991? Didn’t Rolito Go use his gun to kill…
Weather lore has scientific basis (Part 2) By Sosimo Ma. Pablico THE old folks also often cited the reaction of plants to the weather in predicting a wet or dry year. They use these indicators in planning the farm activities. According to them, the wet season begins when the fruits…
Vidal is the vida, the bee and the doll By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PANGASINAN’s basketball fans know Renato “Jack” Vidal, the head coach of the University of Luzon (UL) Golden Tigers basketball team. He gained more admiration when his Tigers survived two pulsating games, ending at 85-82 and 66-65,…
So strong yet so fragile; or vice versa By Emmanuelle THIS month salutes the elderly among us. They who were once the new-born child, the pre-school, the elementary pupil and the high school student, the binatilyo and the dalagita, the binata and the dalaga, the proud groom and the blushing…
Questions for shotgun defenders By Ermin Garcia Jr. The defenders of the shotgun-for-barangay chiefs program of the provincial government sorely miss the point. There is no doubt that the program can stand legal scrutiny and, in fact, may, indeed, have legal basis. It’s both the motive and the alibi used…
Secessionist MILF’s ancestral idol By Gerry Garcia THE month-long feast of Ramadan ended last Wednesday often referred to as the Eid’l Fitr an annual 30-day holy ritual of prayer and spiritual purification achieved jointly with fasting and meditation. In our Christian world, what corresponds to the Ramadan is the Lenten…
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