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Posted on February 6, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Psychological Incapacity 3/3 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD STRICTLY speaking, psychological incapacity does not enter into the sphere of full ethical accountability, into the realm of total moral responsibility – although neither does it altogether free someone thus incapacitated from all ethical liability or moral burden. Reason: The mind and will functions of those afflicted [...]

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Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Psychological Incapacity 1/3 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD "IT’S more fun in the Philippines!" Everybody is getting married. From the mere commoners to the members of quasi local royalty, from simple and plain citizens to high and distinguished public officials, from those counted among the general public to big personalities in government – they are [...]

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Posted on January 23, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Self-destruct By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD USUALLY applied to weapons that are prepared in a way that it self-detonates in a given time and opted place – this is the usual understanding and implication of the phrase “self-destruct.” Prepare the power keg as desired and designed. Leave it alone, and it automatically brings about its [...]

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Posted on January 17, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

The Bigger Picture By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD AS USUAL, the Malacañang head occupant together with much favored allies have other things in mind than the feeble, if not in fact, deteriorating national economy, the devastation brought about by nature due to human greed, the matter-of-fact criminality in the streets and the consequent anxiety of [...]

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Posted on January 8, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Incarnation of Integrity By Oscar V. Cruz, JCD SOMEONE who vows to get rid of graft and corrupt practices especially in the government sector, who claims that there is no room during his governance for liars and cheats especially in public offices all over the land, who is obsessed with putting in jail those who [...]

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Posted on January 2, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Happy New Year! By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD WHY not? What's wrong? Is it silly? After all, the greeting is not identified with bullets that kill and/or with firecrackers that dismember children and adults. Neither is the greeting simply meant to say something without however really meaning it. Nor should it merely bring to mind [...]

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Posted on December 26, 2011 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Christmas By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD PRACTICALLY every time Christmas comes, there is one question that is usually thought of and accordingly asked: What is the meaning of Christmas? Different people even those professing the Christian creed have different understanding of Christmas and wherefore forward their likewise different appreciations of the nature/significance and implications/consequences of [...]

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Posted on December 19, 2011 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Christmas By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE times are bad and the future is dark. The Country is stagnant and millions of Filipinos are suffering from hunger and uncertainty. The local and national problems are not only multiplying but also worsening. The quest for justice and peace remains elusive and the imperative of socio-economic development [...]

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Posted on December 12, 2011 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Casino By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TIME and again, it has been pointed out – with big disgust and genuine embarrassment – that the government under rule of the present Chief Executive, has shamefully become the biggest gambler in the Country. This is by reason of the glaring fact that exactly the same supreme public [...]

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Posted on December 5, 2011 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Comments Off

Hacienda Luisita By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THERE was the bloody Mendiola Massacre. There were the bitter strikes of the farmers staged in the Hacienda. There were the gross killings in Tarlac intimately connected with the same Hacienda – inclusive of the murder of a good and kind Aglipayan Bishop simply showing concern and extending [...]

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