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Posted on June 17, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

“Kayo po na nakaupo” By  +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   IT already happened before. It is again happening now. Instead of bringing their heartaches and protests to the streets, there are those who compose songs, sing them, and thus deliver their messages of heartaches and sorrows. This indirect but forceful approach of the so-called “Protest [...]

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Posted on June 10, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Economy Grows By A Stunning 7.8% By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   SO was it loudly said that the Philippine economy grew. So did a known broadsheet carried it as a headline. So were the people either glowing in delight and appreciation or wondering and jeering with disbelief if not disgust. And so it is [...]

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Posted on June 3, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Joke Only By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   IT was said that as of 23 May 2013 – no less than some ten days after the midterm election – out of more than 78,000 PCOS machines, there were still more than 18,000 of them that have not yet transmitted the vote counts as expected and [...]

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Posted on May 28, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Ominous Signs By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   THERE is the fact that graft and corrupt practices in the country have already become ingrained specially in government from the national to the local levels – notwithstanding all rhetorical negations and artistic postures to the contrary. There is also the standing phenomenon that millions of Filipinos [...]

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Posted on May 20, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Kamaganak, Inc. By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD.   THERE were those – not exactly hopeful much less inspiring – years that a set of relatives took the reigns of then government. The previous one was a dark episode in the history of the country particularly so on three counts: The disregard for human dignity. The [...]

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Posted on May 6, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Social Benefits of Ethics and Morals By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   THE difference between what is right to be done and what is wrong to be avoided according to the dictate of reason – this is ethics. The distinction between what is virtuous to be observed and what is vicious to be shunned pursuant [...]

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Posted on April 29, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Most Influential Person By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   WHY NOT?    1. The KKK untouchables. 2. The big words and small works. 3. The addiction to self-advertisement. 4. The persecution spirit. 5. The gambling industry unlimited.

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Posted on April 22, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Amazing Political Propaganda By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   NEEDLESS to say, it takes a lot of obsession and egoism on the part of the beneficiary plus ample craftiness and dedication on the part of the funded agents/agencies to come up with a truly amazing political propaganda in favor of the payee. This symbiotic relationship [...]

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Posted on April 15, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Comments Off

What’s Happening? By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   THERE is much truth to the claim: “It’s more fun in the Philippines!” Yes, there are those beaches with their sand, gentle waters and clean surrounding. Yes, there are places in the country that are still luxuriously verdant and impressive to behold as they still remain untouched [...]

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Posted on April 8, 2013 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Comments Off

We need to talk. – God By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   SOMEWHERE at the right side of the highway leading to the South, there is a big billboard. It has a black background – with the following simple words written thereon in white: “We need to talk. – God” To those who thought of – who [...]

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