PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We are saddened by the recent passing of our old family friend, spiritual adviser, and shepherd of the Roman Catholic flock in the archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan for 18 years, from 1991 to 2009, Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz. He was such...
A wellness check online series aired an episode that focused on our educators THE REALITY Teachers have it rough too, photo from ADB In this pandemic, every day is a challenge, which is why it is important to promote kindness, to try to understand one another, and to extend a helping hand whenever...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” – 2 Corinthians 4:16 The Holy Bible , English Standard Version Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. Broadcast journalist Cesar Apolinario died of an uncommon cancer last...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Following Malacanang’s renewed calls for unity and cooperation in the midst of continuing battle against the coronavirus, perhaps President Duterte may consider establishing some sort of a “Government of National Unity” by enlisting...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST “To conclude once again that the symptoms of love were the same as those of cholera.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014), Colombian novelist, El Amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985) My perverse fascination with pandemics has not run its course. This time I looked...
PEACE-MAKER Russia’s discovery of a COVID-19 vaccine seems to provide light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Russian-developed vaccine offers “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus. He revealed that it was even administered on his...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST “How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly,and brings nothing but sweet dreams.” — Abraham Stoker (1847 – 1912), Irish author. “Dracula” (1897) Chances are your doctor has given you a strong...
PEACE-MAKER As though economic crisis, mass demonstrations since last year resulting in the resignation of then Prime Minister Saad Hariri, military conflict with neighbor Israel, and battling coronavirus were not enough, Lebanon is now besieged by another humanitarian crisis following a gigantic...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST “They tried to make go to rehab, I said no, no, no.” -- Amy Winehouse (1983-2011), English singer/songwriter “Back to Black” (2006) I guess “no,no,no” was as much poetic as it was truthful. Amy Winehouse died at 28 and the official coroner’s report was...
PEACE-MAKER We wish to pay tribute to the late senator and foreign affairs secretary Raul Manglapus, whose 21 st death anniversary last July 25 we quietly commemorated. We were in Carmel, California in 1998, having accepted an invitation to speak at a forum organized by Paul Burgess Fay Jr. who...
The dangers of emphasizing understanding in education to the point of overlooking the importance of memorization skills Sometimes, my thoughts are a butterfly. It flits around me and, just when I’m about to look closely, it flutters away. I begin chasing it, and see it vanish right before my...
PEACE-MAKER Tomorrow’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Rodrigo Duterte, his fifth, is both unprecedented and crucial in the midst of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, which, as of this writing, has infected more than 72,000 of our countrymen and claimed more than 1,800 lives, and...
