The hard way is the enduring way
So many lives have been ruined because of gambling. Now, with technology, such as E-Sabong we have made things easier, thus, accelerating our travel on the road to perdition. Talks ...
Humanitarian programs during difficult times
It is during the rainy season when the less fortunate really feel how it is to be so. The only people who are making money during such times are those ...
Higher prices are never rolled back
Since time immemorial, every time there is a reason to raise the prices of commodities such as the hefty increases in the prices of petroleum products, sellers of almost everything ...
Miseducation of our kids
The bad news. Filipinos were found in a recent survey that we are topnotchers when it comes to reliance on the social media to satisfy our need for news. We ...
Are we ready?
The almost daily strong rains the past weeks should be a warning we must heed. Disaster season is now almost upon us. Thus, the question on everybody’s mind should be, ...
Pushcart pushers and society’s highest rungs
Filipinos don’t want to be hungry, nor do they want to be sickly and stupid. Thus, in a recent survey, majority of Filipinos want our newly elected legislators to prioritize ...
Can we really rejoice?
Is the recent loss of celebrities who ran for senators like Willie Revillame, Bong Revilla, Manny Paquiao and Philip Salvador enough for us to celebrate? Apparently not as many of ...
Political dynasties should be detestable
Even with our anti-dynasty constitution, political dynasties is one of our main problems as a country. For the Congress should enact a law to implement that. But since most of ...
Vote buying
The practice is widespread in the width and breadth of this country. It subverts what is good for us. Those who bought will certainly recoup their investment several times over ...
The question in every voter’s mind now is, “Who will I vote for?”
For any position that will involve legislation such as those of councilors, congressmen and senators, it is best to vote for lawyers. A lot of errors in the crafting of ...
At the slightest sign of greed, don’t vote for a candidate
At the slightest sign of greed, don’t vote for a candidate The sorry state of this country is due to the greed of our political leaders. They bend the rules ...
Go for the principled
Principled people are the ones we should be voting into public offices. People who will stand by what is right and moral for the benefit of the majority. What we ...
Who are deserving of our valuable votes
As we have time and again said it his paper, the problem of our country is not poverty. It is the inequitable distribution of wealth and opportunities. For we are ...
What PBBM should worry about
The late Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. knew pretty well there could not be a successful revolution during his presidency. That was, no matter how noisy the left were. The reason? ...
Why should we vote for people not doing anything about red tape
Aside from corruption, among so many other things, red tape is one thing blocking our progress as a nation. So, we should not vote for those who tasted political power ...
The candidates to forget
Come the casting of your ballots, there is one very important thing to remember. Don’t vote for the glib talkers. We have aplenty of these among political candidates. They are ...
Bewilderment in the end
The look of most of the young soldiers in Vietnam who were dying of bullet wounds was one of bewilderment. They seemed not to believe that they could be hit ...
Why the resignations of secretaries of this administration?
Why had some of the top guns of this administration been resigning? There had already been a number of secretaries of the Presidential Office Communications Office who left. And now ...
Thank you so much for another fruitful year
The year that just passed, as far as this paper is concerned, was another year of your valuable and loyal patronage. Such is the lifeblood of this paper, and that ...
We just have to keep on going
Some people seem to be always in the pink of health. Others seem to be magnets of good opportunities. The good chances in life appear to be always there for ...