Obenieta: In the mood for victimhood

DELAYS and deadlines are no strange bedfellows. How often are we stuck inthe heat of such coupling, leaving us in a bind as if we were caught with ants pall-bearing a snail’s carcass in our pants? They are so familiar they breed contempt like a deformed Siamese twin to the frisky twinge of conscience.

Cayading: Enterprise development...Why Go Into Business?

ENTREPRENEURSHIP plays an important role in the economic growth and development of a nation. It is a purposeful activity includes in initiation, promotion and distribution of wealth and service. An entrepreneur is a critical factor in economic development and an integral part of the socio-economic transformation. It is a risk taking activity and challenging tasks, needs utmost devotion, total commitment and greater sincerity with fullest involvement and commitment for his personal growth and personality.

Editorial: Actionable alternatives

THE priest during the morning mass at St. Paul's Church last Sunday said in his homily, "You are not a good Christian if you support the RH (Reproductive Health) Bill."

Similar homilies have been said, all condemning the bill and the persons who support it. Sad to say, nothing else is ever said or done. Just condemnation of a bill and those who support it. The Catholic faithful then, who seek guidance from the Church, most of the time go home frustrated if not angry.

Covington: Sex, gore and medical matters

COUNCILOR Librado obviously hasn't been watching any of Willy Revillame's shows - Friday last, there were his girls wearing on the top half nothing but an ordinary brassiere with a sprig of tinsel stapled to the front. The band struck up; bounce, wobble, wibble; good wholesome primetime family entertainment. As for the gore - we're used to it. We watch the evening news and its daily ration of motorcycle riders splattered over the highway.

Limlingan: VDay

YESTERDAY was Valentine's Day. It was a day for people with love in their hearts.

There were a lot of activities in store for the day, among which are economic activities that can be attributed to the enterprising Pinoy.

Tantingco: Crocodiles in Pampanga

WHAT'S the Kapampangan word for a crocodile getting a sunbath?

No, this is not a joke about political crocodiles in Pampanga - the kind who pounces on government funds and gobble up taxpayers' money - but about the literal crocodiles that once infested our province.

Tomakin: Protecting your Green Card (Part I)

EDNA is a lawful permanent resident presently living in California. As a single mother with two children, she juggles her time between keeping up with the demands of her job as a registered professional nurse and of being a doting mother that she is.

However, she increasingly found it difficult to work especially on night shifts, while at the same time making sure that she attends to her children's needs. She made the decision to send her children back to the Philippines where they can finish elementary school while they live with Edna's parents.

Bacaoco: Go, go, go Domingo!

MY FULLTIME commitment as Editor-in-Chief of Sun.Star-Bacolod poses serious challenges in regularly coming up with Cane Points. However, the support I get from our readers, particularly emails from Cane Points readers, compel me to find time to churn out my column.

Hagad: Falling into the same trap? The RH Bill Enigma

AS THE day of reckoning draws ever nearer, when both houses of Congress finally decide on whether or not to approve the proposed “Reproductive Health” bill into law and for signing by President Aquino, it is crucial that all Filipino citizens understand the concept and the consequences of the proposed law that has split the Government and the Church so deeply.

Sánchez: Corruption

COLONEL Jonas Sumagaysay texted one of my peace and human rights colleagues to ask for feedbacks. Jonas is the current commanding officer of the 303rd Infantry Battalion based in Murcia.

Honeyman: ‘We’ve only just begun’

In aid of legislation

THE Congressional hearings - Senate dealing with alleged corruption associated with the AFP and the House addressing the issue of Carlo Garcia’s plea bargain arrangements - have generated much food for thought for all branches of government. It is hoped that lessons will be learnt and implemented.

Editorial: The fifth commandment

REVERENCE for and obedience to our father and mother has always been a distinctly admirable trait of the Filipinos. Even before the natives heard of the Ten Commandments from the Spaniards in the sixteenth century, we have already been practicing this trait which extends to our uncles and aunts and to our lolos and lolas.

Biantan: Do not rush

LONDON -- The success of the Azkals has brought unprecedented attention to the long snubbed sport of football in our country.

Editorial: The day lovers and friends

TODAY, February 14, Filipinos celebrate Valentine’s Day. Why do Filipinos celebrate this occasion when it has no relevance to the country’s culture and tradition?

Editorial: Librado and drawing the line between law enforcement and censorship

WHEN neophyte Davao City Councilor Leah A. Librado stood on privilege to castigate lewd publications, it was well within her rights because: 1) she is a councilor and it was a council session, and 2) there is indeed valid ground to censure those dabbling in pornography.

Ledesma: Crazy idea

DAVAO City Vice Mayor Rody Duterte is facing a libel suit filed by a certain lawyer who was once dubbed by the Commission on Elections as a nuisance candidate.

Mendoza: Bayanihan in schools through cities, towns

DIRECTOR’S Cut: (This portion features the thoughts of DepEd 11 Regional Director Susana Teresa B. Estigoy, CESO IV to all stakeholders and recipients of the efforts to improve the basic education) I do not consider my job as plain work --- rather it is my LIFE. “We have to continually examine what succeeds and fails, and why. We have to uphold and live true to our battlecry and slogan of governance: “Education For All (EFA) 2015: Karapatan ng Lahat, Pananagutan ng Lahat”

Editorial: Condoms and Cupid

“SENSITIVE, strong and reliable.”

These are, according to romantic tradition, the traits of the ideal mate.

Wenceslao: Reyes ‘walked into’ corruption

ALMOST a week after former Armed Forces chief Angelo Reyes shot himself in the heart, the correctness of the act has become apparent. Which reminds us that this was the same man who also did the right thing at a crucial moment in the country’s history by bringing the military establishment to the people’s side during Edsa 2 that drove away Joseph Estrada from Malacañang in 2001.

Reyes achieved two things with his bold act: he preserved his honor and increased the pressure on Congress to “temper” the conduct of its inquiries.

Nalzaro: “Sana dalawa ang puso ko”

SINCE today is Valentine’s Day, it is only appropriate that we talk about love. What is love? Love is a word that has different connotations. It has different meanings.

Love is the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In a philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion and affection. In a religious context, love is just a virtue, but the basis for all being as in the Roman Catholic phrase, “God is Love.” Love may also be described as actions towards others based on compassion or actions towards others based on affection.

Seares: Ugly but rich: love’s got nothing to do with it?

IF YOU you wanna be happy for the rest of your life/Man, find an ugly woman, and make her your wife

— From “Find an Ugly Woman” by Cash Money and Marvelous

Mongaya: Reyes and Egypt

“NAG-SUICIDE si Angie Reyes!” Doris yelled as Nanay called her about this piece of news. Talk about the death of Angelo Reyes spread fast that morning of Feb. 8, 2011, via mobile phones and Facebook, while I watched Aljazeera’s coverage of dramatic events in Egypt halfway around the world.

Pangan: Love, interpreted

GONE perhaps are the old-fashioned, traditional Valentine greetings: the hand-made cards adorned with cut-out paper bearing what resembles a heart, photographs similarly bordered with phrases culled from romance books, perfumed telegrams containing messages of undying affection, boxes of assorted chocolates (shades of Forrest Gump) and other manifestations of affection. Remember 14344, or I love you very much? Sounds corny to you? Weh.

Paras: I love, therefore I am

THE most unique way a suitor in my college years had ever professed love is a paraphrase of Rene Descarte’s ‘Cogito ergo sum’ or ‘I think, therefore I am.’ He wrote, on the blank page of a book he gave to me: “I love, therefore I am.”

Mercado: My cheating heart

I HAVE just consulted Madame Auring, the manghuhula, to find out what’s in store for the Year of the Rabbit.

Sula: Happier days are here

THANKS to a heartbroken general with a perfect marksmanship, we are a much better people now.

Garcia: Lugud at pamalsinta (Love and romance)

Impun. Ika. Salilungan. Mumunang pamikit.

Gueco: Kids' heart

TODAY I sent a special letter to Editor Ria de Fiesta. Herein are the contents of the communications:

Sun.Star Essay: Roses are red

VALENTINE’s Day in the life of the community makes a difference these days. It would be nice to refer this to love that keeps burning and burns forever.

But what I remember of the day is when the dining places with romantic ambience are mostly taken, if you’re not fast enough to reserve a table early.

Mercado: Sense of decency

HOW does a citizen protect himself from congressional probers who, in English writer Aldous Huxley’s words, “bully and cheat, bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that (they’re) profoundly virtuous”?

The late Gen. Angelo Reyes was invited as a “resource person” by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Sens. Jinggoy Estrada, Miriam Santiago and Antonio Trillanes III instead grilled him.