I am not sure who started what, whether political dynasties co-opted Church leaders or Church dynasties nurtured political dynasties. I guess that the history of societies would give us the final clue on who began dynasties – the agents of God or the agents of the State. Religious rivalries have often brought out different [...]
Christmas is upon us. A time, perhaps, to reflect on the past. Not the 2000 years past, although that’s an inevitability as we approach Christmas, but “in our lifetime” past.
Reading recent reports of thousands of people being victimized by another pyramiding scam—this time operating out of the cities of Cebu, Pagadian, and Pasay—I found myself entertaining two different reactions. “Serves them right,” I thought, “for not using their commonsense and being blinded by greed.” But then I wondered, “Shouldn’t the government have known about this and stepped in before more small investors were robbed by this pack of swindlers?”
[On the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty are the words “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”] On the last Sunday of July we took a night cruise around lower Manhattan, the New York harbor and the Statue [...]
With the impeachment trial over and K to 12 underway in our schools, we trust that the proposed laws marinating in Congress will be passed, especially the Reproductive Health Bill and the Freedom of Information Act.
Much of the media accounts of President Aquino’s presence at the inauguration of the Peftok Korean War Memorial Hall (near the Libingan ng mga Bayani) last Thursday centered on his remarks regarding the plan of the North Korean government to release a long-range rocket later this month.
I commend the Inquirer for its fresh and new ideas. True to its being number one, it always has a store of surprises for its millions of readers (to which I proudly belong). Its June 12, 2011 – 113th Philippine Independence Day – issue surprised me with its blackened outer cover page. It caught me [...]
IN HIS Independence Day speech on Sunday, President Aquino claimed his one-year-old administration had laid the foundation of a “new chapter” in Philippine history underpinned by reforms designed to curb corruption and poverty. He promised Filipinos a country free from corruption and a nation no longer like a paper boat “drowning in a sea of [...]
