Oca: Isang Istorya ng Pakikibaka
PINAGKAITAN SIYA ng kapalaran na maging martir ng armadong paghihimagsik upang kaipala’y biyayaan ng kasaysayan ng takdang papel na gagampanan sa patuloy na pakikibaka tungo sa ganap na kalayaan at pambansang demokrasya. Pakikibaka – ito ang buod ng kasaysayan ni Oscar Samson Rodriguez. Pakikibaka – ito ang mismong ubod ng kanyang buhay. Buhay na wari’y […]
Cruzada perpetua (2026)
It has been seventy-four years, this 2026, since that lamentation over the “wealth in piety but poverty in charity” expressed by Bishop Cesar Ma. Guerrero, the first to occupy the bishopric of San Fernando, noting “the stark class differences between the rich and the poor, the strife between the landlords and the tenants, and a […]
Gone in 3 days: What if
LUBAO, Pampanga — “Sa DPWH, hinihiling po namin ang agarang pag-inspeksyon at pagkilos sa nasirang slope protection sa gilid ng Sto. Cristo Dam. Mahalaga pong matiyak ang kaligtasan ng ating mga kababayan at maiwasan ang paglala ng pinsala, lalo na sa panahon ng malakas na pag-ulan. Umaasa po kami sa inyong agarang tugon at aksyon. […]
Sto. Cristo Dam: Same quagmire, a year apart
“IPINAKITA PO namin ni Gov. Nanay kay [DPWH] Secretary Vince Dizon at mga opisyal ng National Irrigation Administration ang pinsala na tinamo ng Sto. Cristo Dam sa Lubao mula kahapon, Aug. 28. “Sa kasagsagan ng malakas na ulan, inanod ng rumaragasang tubig ang mga puno at putik mula sa kabundukan ng Zambales mountain range, dahilan […]
Anyare, BBM?
“WE ARE very optimistic that this will redound to improving people’s lives by enhancing the disaster resilience of all our communities.” Thus, spoke President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. buoying up the hopes for drier times of the people in the low-lying towns of Macabebe, Masantol, Minalin, and Sto. Tomas in Pampanga as he led the […]
Ano’ng fake news, Mayor Malu?
KAHAPON, AGOSTO 16, naglabas ng pahayag si Magalang, Pampanga Mayor Malu Paras-Lacson ukol sa aniya’y fake news ng One Balita Central Luzon (OBCL), isang online news platform, hinggil sa kaugnayan niya at ng kaniyang pamilya sa Kingsmen Manpower and General Services, Inc. (KMGSI). “Upang maiayos ang katotohanan at matuldukan ang panlilinlang sa publiko,” dalawang punto […]
The Capas conundrum
“WE stand by personnel who perform their duties professionally and lawfully, and we remain committed to constructive engagement with the local government.” Pointedly dismissive on one hand, tactfully receptive on the other is the official statement of the Philippine Air Force in defense of the commander of the Col. Ernesto Ravina Air Base (CERAB) in […]
FLAUXGIALER: Biography of Felix N. Galura launched
BACOLOR, Pampanga – Poet. Dramatist. Grammarian. Revolutionary. Journalist. Municipal leader. Yet underrecognized even in his own province of Pampanga, Gat Felix N. Galura (1866-1919) takes the long overdue spotlight in the eponymous book subtitled “His Fiery Pen and the Revolutionary Spirit of Bacolor” authored by Prof. Joel Pabustan Mallari. Bearing the main title “FLAUXGIALER,” Galura’s […]
Scrap Pax Silica
“WHEN PEOPLE hear the words AI supply chain, they think of computer chips. But the chips are only the tip of a very long tail. The chain runs on thousands of inputs. It runs on the precision motors, rare-earth magnets, packaging and testing that turns a slice of silicon into something a buyer can plug in, […]
Cancelling Abad Santos
MAY 7 is a special non-working holiday in the Pampanga and Angeles City in commemoration of the martyrdom of the Kapampangan hero and former Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos. In the long bygone days of the boomers, the day was celebrated with endless school plays of the last hours of Abad Santos highlighted by his […]