Chaotic Labor Day in M. Manila differs from May 1 here By Gerry Garcia FIRST day of May tomorrow, Labor Day, has for Metro Manila, as usual, another sinister if not irrelevant significance far removed from the day’s actual intent. That is, if we took at face value the words…
Where’s the ‘punch’, Ermin? By Jun Velasco PANGASINAN, otherwise known as Agbayani Country, at summertime should easily run away with the prize title of the most fun-filled province in the islands. The ballyhooed Pistay Dayat, traditionally celebrated with aplomb, fiesta galore and beauty pageants, unfailingly energizes Pangasinenses’ and in Dagupan…
Philippine Star’s sense of fairness By Gonzalo Duque BELOW is our letter that appeared in the Philippine Star’s Wednesday, April 26, 2006 issue. We are reprinting it to give you an idea of how and why we and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities dealt with the libelous and…
‘Bangungot Pestebal’ By Al S. Mendoza WHAT FESTIVAL are we talking about here? Are we all blind? Bangus Festival? What’s that? Open your eyes. Look around you. Sniff the air. What do you see? What do you picture? What do you smell? You see a government that values parades which…
Labor Day By +Oscar V. Cruz There must be something very strong in a country when precisely during Labor Day, the laborers lambast the government instead of allow it to honor them. Today, we behold workers marching, rallying, protesting for being underrated, underpaid and underhandedly treated. And they are people…
Sea turtles in Burgos By Eva C. Visperas THE TOWN mayor here plans to give sea turtles which have recently become their frequent visitors in their beach area, names to identify them. In fact, Mayor Domingo Doctor Jr. said that the next sea turtle that will visit them will be…
Goat raising getting popular in the Ilocos By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Goat raising is fast becoming an important component of the agricultural system in the Ilocos region as more small farmers in the rain fed and upland areas in Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte are now going into it….
The other ‘death penalty’ By Ermin Garcia Jr. I can’t agree more with the indefatigable Archbishop Oscar Cruz. His reaction to President Arroyo’s wholesale commutation of death sentences of convicted felons to life imprisonment rings true. Indeed, the state cannot remove what it has not given, and furthermore, life imprisonment…
More about the real JdV By Gerry Garcia TO some men and women in local media today, print and broadcast, who always find themselves in face-to-face interview with the inimitable Speaker Joe de Venecia, the little Binloc man in his real self, including his memorable past, probably remain unseen. That…
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