As the Filipinos wallow in Poverty, Hunger, Sickness By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The last elections simply serve to prove one clear and imminent danger: The slow but sure erosion of democracy in this country. Democratic life cannot long co–exist with poverty, hunger and sickness. Such a pitiful situation…
Pork barrel, Senate’s most alluring plum By Gerry Garcia ASIDE from being just a block away from the presidency, a senatorial seat also carries with it the most alluring plum dangling above the noses of every senatorial wannabe — the pork barrel. Each senator gets a pork allocation of more…
Turning point By Jun Velasco TOMORROW, May l4 circa 2007 will go down in Philippine history as a turning point in our nation’s political life. Some l00 lives have been lost since the start of the campaign. Friendships have been shattered, families divided, reputations damaged and relationships estranged in this…
Cocopea on the forefront By Gonzalo Duque THE other day, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), – the umbrella network of private educational institutions representing some 90 percent of private schools nationwide – has tasked this humble representation to chair an advocacy committee that will work with the…
Hell, why the dancer instead of the attacker? By Al S. Mendoza YOU honestly believe Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Oscar De La Hoya last Sunday, May 6? If you do, then you are the so-called only thorn among the roses. Everywhere I went moments after the fight, people would call…
Most expensive election By Eva C. Visperas The campaign for the 2007 elections has been the most expensive so far, according to Pangasinan politicians. This, as the candidates who declined to be identified, said voters have become more demanding and vote buying became the name of the game. “I never…
Cashew nut sheller increases production By Sosimo Ma. Pablico A manually operated cashew nut sheller developed by agricultural engineers of the Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE), which is based in the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, has made cashew nut production and processing in Limay, Bataan more…
24 Pangasinan cyclists vie for Tour ’07 titles By Jesus A. Garcia THE country’s annual multi-stage bicycle road race called Tour Pilipinas was supposed to be staged before or just after the Holy Week. But the organizers postponed the summer road spectacle and decided to hold it after the election…
From the rest of us WEmen By Emmanuelle This is the last issue before the May 14 election. Let me take this opportunity therefore to wish Good Luck, God Bless to my friends, skirted or in slacks, long-haired or bald, daring or dared, idealistic or idealized. . . Congressman Mark…
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