‘Yolanda’ memories and hopes
At 47, Elena Abayan, felt there was no more chance to get a share and enjoy a bit of life’s little comforts. She works all day responding to neighbors’ calls for errands, from cooking...
Leaning media
Reasons abound as to why news media outlets tend to engage in propaganda, which is very common in the country especially when we are nearing national elections such as the one coming our way...
Language power
THINGS TO MIND By: Doms Paliawan
Can the government have complete control of its citizens through language? This is precisely what Orwell, author of the book 1984, is trying to show. Without language, he argues,...
On the use of the social media
COMMENTARY By: Fr Roy Cimagala
WE cannot doubt the many benefits we can derive from the use of the social media. It facilitates communication which is a necessity for all of us. We just have...
Will Imelda go to prison?
FROM A DISTANCE By: Joey E. Clarin
After two decades of trial, the Sandiganbayan ordered the arrest of Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos after it found her guilty of 7 counts of graft.
This is in...
Former FL gets 77 years imprisonment…Really?
OBSERVER By: Alvin GZ. Arpon
Former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos is sentenced – 77 years on prison by the Sandiganbayan on plunder as shown by about $200 million stuffed abroad through a foundation she...