Specification of human rights
BY OSCAR CRUZ
OBJECTIVELY speaking as well as objectively understanding the truly fundamental and thus really basic rights derived from and ingrained in the objective...
Love in the time of Bacunaua
BY PETER SOLIS NERY
XXII. PRAYERS FOR MERCEDES
The priest was cross because he was helpless. He fought a monster he could not wrestle. He could...
Taxing smoking
IT IS UNFORTUNATE that in the Philippines where poverty is pervasive, out-of-pocket spending on health is high (56 percent of the total health expenditures),...
Woman power in Antique
BY HERBERT VEGO
THREE lady politicians dominate the political landscape of Antique province – Sen. Loren Legarda, Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao and Mayor Genevive Lim...
Ginsipak sang tagsa ka interes
NI JOEL FRANCO
The grass is greener on the other side
BY ANGELICA LOUISE PFLEIDER
IT’S A VERY common situation in the Philippines right now. Ask any family and you will find there’s a mother, a...
Saber-rattling bluff
BY ERICK SAN JUAN
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IN THESE exciting times we are on the edge of our seats waiting a possible nuclear world war. Or...
Preferential option for the poor
BY OSCAR CRUZ
THE SOCIAL Doctrine of the Church is unique in its teaching principle of the rather known and noble perspective of “preferential option...
Bring in new players
THE GOVERNMENT’S plan to improve telecommunications services by bringing in new players and driving direct competition is most welcome.
The lack of effective competition in...
Slave mentality
BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR.
AT THE height of the ASEAN Summit in Manila last week there was an incident that went viral. After seeing the...