Dear Folks, This is Gloria’s first Glo-joke since he Sona-ta last July 28, 2008. She declared that “she would deliver the country into a First World status in the next generation.” What is amazingly strange is that she can’t even deliver the country into a Third World status in her seven years of misguided leadership. [...]
Artificial Methods of Debate By Antonio C. Abaya July 30, 2008 The debate on population and artificial methods of birth control, sparked by bills on reproductive health being pushed in the Lower House of the Philippine Congress, can only be resolved with finality by the intervention of theologians at the highest level of the Roman [...]
Put A Condom On Greed GLIMPSES Jose Ma. Montelibano I cannot believe how former partners in the exploitation of land and people can suddenly turn on each other over reproductive and population control issues but deftly avoid their common guilt. I cannot believe how bishops and politicians can touch on how the poor should behave [...]
Is a varsity basketball game worth dying for? AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo Thursday, July 31, 2008 In the days of my youth, college basketball was played with the idealism associated with amateur sports. Varsity players gave their 110% for the alma mater. A scholarship plus allowance were the simple rewards [...]
PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING: THE HIDDEN DISEASE Dear Perry, I read with great interest the article of Among Ed Panlilio on “The Evil Called Jueteng”. I agree with his comments on the list of negative consequences of uncontrolled problem gambling and I am glad that he is calling attention to this major public health problem. Pathological (or [...]
The ‘seven curses’ of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Source: www.pcij.org Posted by Isa Lorenzo EVEN before she could deliver her eighth state of the nation address (SONA) this coming Monday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has already been weighed and found wanting by over 80 former senior government officials. In their own take on the state of the nation [...]
A Continuing Journey GLIMPSES Jose Ma. Montelibano My frustration is the lack of concern of those who can help for those who need help. But since I cannot go around like an insensitive religious person or an insincere politician, giving sermons and speeches about what is wrong but a most guilty party himself, I went [...]
The national problem: We only see the trees AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo Thursday, July 24, 2008 When the lost person in the middle of a very dangerous jungle can only see the trees in front of him — then the odds are against that person from ever getting to find [...]
Be afraid by Ellen Tordesillas July 23, 2008 Last Sunday, a friend texted me to read the column of former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban in the Inquirer, and “be afraid.” Panganiban’s column is titled “Can Arroyo reign beyond 2010?” His answer is “yes” and he thinks she will opt for constituent assembly aptly called Con-Ass. [...]
PerryScope Perry Diaz All in the Family In an age where just about everything is powered by electrical energy, it is no wonder that the stage has been set for total — or perhaps absolute — control of the Philippines’ energy industry. The ongoing battle for control of Meralco — the country’s largest distributor of [...]
