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Posted on September 10, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Strange but true

By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

It all started with one libel case, which was unceremoniously dismissed by a competent judicial authority. Well and good. But four years later, the illustrious Department of Justice had the case again filed – possibly for reason of national interest only known to its celebrated Secretary. The [...]

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Posted on September 3, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Just war
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

On the chilling occasion of the deadly and dreadful war now taking place in Mindanao – on otherwise naturally rich and potentially prosperous region in the Country – a persistent question that comes to mind is one and the same. Is the war in Mindanao just?
If so, what [...]

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Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

If I were someone else

By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

If I were someone who is so in love with myself and with my office because I feel so great and I have so much power; If I were somebody who cannot even bear the thought of being counted among the ordinary people subject to [...]

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Posted on August 19, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Design for peace equals war in fact
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

It is strange but true that whatever Malacañang says and does make the country wonder, keep the public alert and cause fear among the people. Even other Malacañang allies and loyalists known or feel the same but try their best however to keep [...]

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Posted on August 12, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Troublemaker
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

"Troublemaker in the national level" seems to be the best way of describing and calling Malacañang. There are marked indications that it finds it hard to act right or to behave well. This is because Malacañang appears to enjoy and thrive on problems as it regularly creates big troubles [...]

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Posted on August 5, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Pigging on pigs
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

The ways adopted and the means used to promote and specialized in graft and corrupt practices in the Country have been more deeply ingrained and pervasive in practically all agencies of the present leadership. Honesty and integrity among public officials have become a rarity if not a [...]

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Posted on July 29, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Gambling unlimited
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

Apart from all the shameful and distressing attributions credited to the ruling administration, such as the double whammy title of the "Most Corrupt" and the "Least Approved", there is another singular label that it rightfully deserves to get: “The Biggest Gambling Lord in the Country!” If today’s State [...]

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Posted on July 15, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

E-VAT is for the poor
By +Oscar V. Cruz

To disprove reality by indulging in fantasy, to challenge the conclusion of common sense with contrary technical jargon, to fill empty stomachs with sterile statistics and pencil pushing are sublime examples of defending the indefensible. These are the strange ways devotedly taken by some people staying in [...]

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Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Inflation

By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

“Inflation” is a supposedly technical term reserved for the understanding of professionals in banking, business and industry. The reality of an already high and still progressively higher inflation rule in the country is periodically revealed by the government agency concerned. And from time to time as well, the common [...]

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Posted on July 2, 2008 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Study of contrasts

By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

There must be a thousand and one substantial and incidental contrasts existing in the country, the most distinct and appalling one being the great divide between the powerful and the helpless who are identified with the wealthy and the impoverished, the shrewd and the naïve–the exploiters and [...]

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