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The Tarlac Pangasinan La Union Expressway (TPLEX) has made travelling to and from Metro Manila so easy. What used to be a seven hour trip has been reduced by half. Though we have to pay through the nose the toll way fees which are not cheap, at least we don’t have to stew under the sun in gridlock traffic wringing […]

The effects of ethical living or the opposite run very deep. One might even not suspect these as the causes of how his life have become. For so many years, our vegetable farmers have been engaged in unethical practices. Back then they would be listening to their AM radios (now they just wait for text messages) to monitor the prices […]

Stories were rife last week of Benguet vegetable farmers who did not even care to harvest what they planted because their prices in the market would not even be enough to cover transportation cost. The only option was just to leave the veggies to rot in their gardens. What caused such a catastrophe? Nothing complex. It was just the oversupply, […]

Not for the lack of it. It is due to having so much of it. We are referring to the politicians. They have lots of it. In between elections, incumbent politicians stash a lot of cash for the next campaign. Because electoral “winnability” is directly proportional to the amount in a candidate’s war chest. If it is empty, his votes […]

Governments everywhere are not competitive to run a business concern. More so in the Philippines where there is corruption everywhere, from the usual bureaucracy to government corporations. So the government’s plan to take over the operation of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines must be a joke. In the first place, the firm has been declared bankrupt (to prevent creditors […]

The translacion or the movement of the Black Nazarene image was a sight to behold. Millions of people a frenzy, shoulder to shoulder (rather, body to body), following the image’s carriage from the church in Quiapo all the way to the Rizal or Luneta Park. Good thing temperatures were relatively low the past days. Over the years people testified that […]

The past Christmas holidays all the way to January 4, 2019 have shown again the inability of Baguio City to absorb so many tourists. The influx of vehicles caused gridlock traffic at Marcos Highway leading to the city extending to more than 10 kilometers on some days, and lasting for hours and hours. It was not just because Kennon Road […]

THERE ARE 12 months in a year and here are 12 things which can be recalled when you are about to hit someone due to difficulties in life. 1. When you are about to be evicted from your dwelling for failure to pay the monthly rent, think about the millions of others whose houses and lots are about to be […]

What a subject on this Xmas season. But there is the good news, the positive side of it. So many of us, if not all of us, are afraid about dying. But if we are indeed Christians then we should be glad to die because it means we will go to heaven. Is it automatic that once we are baptized […]

As far as we can make out the church in Balangiga town from TV footages which was burned down in 1901 by the Americans, it is situated like almost all Catholic churches in this country built during the Spanish time. These were prominently situated in the town plaza, even dwarfing the munisipyo which were usually situated nearby. This was intentional […]