Pangan: Post mortem

SO, THE electoral exercises have gone full circle for 2010: national and local elections in May and the recently-concluded barangay and SK elections in October. After these expensive exercises, what? Quo vadis?

We are adherents to constitutional mandates and issuances. Except for non fatal and occasional misses and lapses, we have carried out probably the most extensive and expensive activities to prove our democracy and the institutions it represents. So we have new sets of barangay and SK officials. So what?

Sula: Marni, the still unsung hero

I BUMPED into Marni Castro, the engineer, two days ago, an event that is becoming as rare as the floods that used to haunt Fernandinos. As in most cases, he was in the company of some significant people from the public works department. Times like that, you knew he was in for another worthy assignment in engineering intervention.

Soto: Giving voice to Choice

EVERY year, up to two million children lose their mothers for lack of services that are available in wealthier nations. The World Health Organization estimates that half a million mothers die each year from pregnancy and childbirth.

Cortez: Sent to the mission field

JESUS, in today's gospel, chooses his twelve apostles. Simon whom he named Peter and his brother, Andrew; James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon the Zealot, Judas, the son of James; and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.

Sapnu: PRO3 Oplan Undas

PAGKATAPOS ng barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections, isasailalim na naman sa "alert status" ang Police Regional Office-3 (PRO3) nitong darating na Undas.

Aquino: Post Global Handwashing Day

KAMAKAILAN lamang ay ipinagdiwang ang "Third Global Handwashing Day" na nilahukan ng humigit-kumulang sa 200 milyong bata, magulang, guro at mamamayan sa buong mundo. Ito ay nagsimula noong 2008 upang labanan ang global pandemic ng swine flu o A-H1N1. Ang layunin nito ay itaas ang kamalayan at palaganapin ang kahalagahan ng paghuhugas ng kamay, sa mga kabataan at mga magulang.

Letter to the editor

The Chief Editor Sun.Star Pampanga City of San Fernando (Pampanga)

Tulabut: Big Winners and Events

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the barangay and SK elections held two days ago. Big winners known by this writer at this early include re-electionist Atlas Morales of Barangay Dau in Mabalacat who won handily over his opponents, including one of the sons of the late Anthony Dee.

Mercado: Marianne Fajardo - MOKA Nominee for the Arts

IN THE late '80s, during the administration of Governor Bren Z. Guiao, the Most Outstanding Kapampangan Award (Moka) in the Arts (Music) was given to pianist Cecile Licad.

Speak Out: Opportunities make us stronger

IN OUR years of teaching elementary pupils, we have already been in situations which measure not only our caliber in handling lessons but also in coping up with problems that almost led our coolness into steaming hot potatoes. Anyway, that is the spice of teaching, jumping up over hurdles while filling up the bucket of youngsters into something that they cannot forget through the course of their life.

Editorial: Barangay polls, family ties and relationships

CONGRESSMAN Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales, Jr. hit it right smack in the heart of the electorate when he called -- to us evidently prayed -- for peaceful and honest barangay elections Monday.

Limlingan: Plagiarism

PLAGIARISM is defined as "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work." It is simply like putting one's feet into another's shoes.

Tantingco: The Bacolor of Italy

AFTER Jerusalem, the rest of the Israel leg of the tour was really anticlimactic.

Speakout: Faculty development

FACULTY development refers to the various activities that the teachers do, which will enable them to improve their performance and at the same time go up the ladder of professional growth. Such activities may include individual development, continuing education, and attending in-service trainings. The purpose of professional development should be the improvement what is being practice every day in order to create changes.

Mercado: Boking bats for Edpam

IF HE becomes President, Vice Pres. Jojo Binay will do away with barangay and SK elections.

Pangan: Something sensible, this time

JUST when every Senate observer was teasing about Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid's non-appearance on Senate deliberations and interpellations and instead spending most of his time on the lounge, the honorable gentleman from Porac has this time surprised his more prominent and articulate colleagues with his more sensible, doable and pragmatic bills. No frills, no retouches, just plain common sense from Leon Guerrero: doing away with every bag for school children and mandatory support to parents from grown-up children.

Sapnu: 80 porsiento CL police personnel idedeploy

Umaabot sa 80 porsiento ng mga pulis sa Central Luzon ang idedeploy ngayon araw ng barangay eleksyon.

Letter to the editor

Dr. Rey Aquino President & CEO Philippine Health Insurance Corporation 709 City State Tower Shaw Boulevard Pasig City

Editorials: Disaster and poverty

For the hardy and resourceful people of Candaba, life is what you make it, even in times of calamity, as in the recent passage of typhoon “Juan”.

Garcia: Puri o pera? Ing Alalang Pambaranggay, Dake Kadwa

(Honor or money? The Barangay Elections, Part 2)

Letter to the Editor

Attn: Jovi de Leon Editor-in-Chief Sun.Star Pampanga

Gueco: I will wear orange

TODAY, I wear an orange color shirt.

Speak Out: Good communicator and transformational leader

SCHOOLS of today need leaders who are highly committed and inspire their co-workers to willingly support and cooperate in the implementation of thrusts and projects, as well as leaders who can turn on their abilities to the fullest and strength their potentials to the limits. So, the kind of leadership employed by the school heads is significantly needed in the achievement of the school's total goal of increasing the school performance as a whole.

Sula: PNoy and the poor

PNOY’S eye-popping conditional cash transfer can be viewed analytically in two ways: it reveals his heart and mind about the plight of the poor as well as his insight and foresight about the economy.  It is “halo” politics blending with free-lunch economics.

Peña: Changes

TIMES are changing. Consider election campaigns. Last 2007, tarpaulin posters are a luxury. Only the moneyed candidates can afford them. Newsprint posters are the most commonly used paraphernalia back then and showboats are owner-type jeepneys with loudspeakers.

Pangan: ‘Juan,’ 21 guns

I WILL this time give Pagasa (Philippine Astrological, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration) a passing grade for timely and correctly announcing the path of super typhoon "Juan" which predictably wrought havoc on the northern provinces of the country.

Limlingan: Rainy school days

WHEN I was still a school kid, I always had unpleasant experiences of getting ready for school only to be belatedly told that classes are suspended because of the inclement weather.

San Juan: RP: ‘Asia’s Lightning Rod’

IT WOULD be five years now since that fateful day in November, 2005 when “Nicole” accused US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith of raping her as his three companions cheered inside a moving van. In April last year, the Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the Makati court and ordered Smith’s immediate release, saying “a careful and judicious perusal of the evidence on record does not convince the prudent mind about the moral certainty of the guilt of the accused, hence, we must acquit.”

Soto: Helping ourselves, helping others

THIS month is Cooperative Month. Ideally, it's that time of the year where we familiarize our kababayans with the benefits of setting up or taking part in coops or cooperatives.

Sapnu: 10 patrol vehicles ibinigay sa SJDM City

MUKHANG mabait at malaki ang suportang ibinibigay ni City Mayor Reynaldo San Pedro ng San Jose Del Monte City (SJDM) sa Philippine National Police (PNP).