Viewpoints: Marriage and priesthood

BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ TIME and again, the matter of marriage in conjunction with priesthood and vice versa, comes to fore. Why is it that priests...

People Powwow: Thumbs up to Miraflores, down to CHED

By HERBERT VEGO A FEW issues ago, this corner questioned the tendency of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to approve applications for tuition hikes...

Commentary: The myth of the principle of equality before the law

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective THE dispensation of “justice”, or rather injustices, is so blatant in the Philippines that one could not help but ask: For...

Bridges: Upholding the rule of law 

BY SAMMY JULIAN HAPPY birthday to Mr. Nelson Golez of East Asia Construction Corp. May your birthday and every day be filled with the warmth of sunshine,...

Faith, Hope, Charity: A food bank for the hungry

BY IKE SEÑERES “BECAUSE it’s there”, that was my reason for climbing mountains when I was younger, and that is my reason now for wanting...

Viewpoints: Saints

BY ABP. OSCAR CRUZ THESE are days of rejoicing and bliss. It has become certain and clear that saints are not only acclaimed in Rome but...

People Powwow: How I turned my back on government job

BY HERBERT VEGO IN my early days as a professional journalist in Manila, Pete Vael of what was then the Bureau of National and Foreign...

Accents: Sense and Sensibility — and Service

By JULIA CARREON-LAGOC THE San Antonio – San Nicolas Elementary School (SASNES) in the municipality of Oton has reached a milestone, and a centennial jubilee...

Rural Update: Entry of foreigners in PH

BY JOHNNY NOVERA TWO major policy moves approved by our government will bring into the country unrestricted entry of foreigners. Will the new policies be good for us? They are: First, welcoming US troops to have wider access to Philippine...

Bridges: Asians rising

SAMMY JULIAN (Continued from yesterday) BUT despite often sizable subgroup differences, Asian-Americans are distinctive as a whole, especially when compared with all US adults, whom they...