Worm’s Eye View: Uno Mas
BY ROMMEL YNION
LAS VEGAS – On the eve of his third fight against the Panamanian slugger Roberto Duran, then 33-year-old Sugar Rey Leonard was...
Accents: Dancing in the ‘Star’
BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC
A SIGHT to see! A gang of nine dancing their excess avoirdupois away! The threesome (Rose Penelope, Timothy, James Raphael), another threesome...
Viewpoints: CARP
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
THE program was supposed to be “comprehensive” for the “reform” of huge and impressive agrarian possessions of some blessed and distinguished...
Bridges: Lost integrity
SAMMY JULIAN
THE signs are everywhere: Filipinos have lost trust in the Senate.
Excuse us. What we actually mean is that people have lost all faith...
People Powwow: My brother’s triumphant death
By HERBERT VEGO
FOR a full 17 years and five months, my brother Efren savored 17 years and five months of “bonus life” until death...
Worm’s Eye View: F. Sionil Jose
BY ROMMEL YNION
I STUMBLED recently upon F. Sionil Jose’s indictment of our political environment:
“I remember what the historian William Henry Scott told me —...
Viewpoints: A modern, understanding church
BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ
TIMES have changed. People are different. Their value system is updated. Their traditions are new. Their customs are in accord with...
Bridges: Adding fuel to the fire
BY SAMMY JULIAN
DESPITE Japan’s assurances that it is ready and willing to provide defense equipment to the Philippines in the face of China’s assertiveness...
Faith, Hope, Charity: A centralized water authority
BY IKE SEÑERES
I HAVE ambivalent thoughts about the issue of water as a public utility. Generally speaking, I would always say that government has no...
People Powwow: The wedding month of June
BY HERBERT L. VEGO
THIS month of June has universal popularity as “the wedding month.” To a certain extent, to be a June bride has become an...