By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today In a society where the teeming majority of the population is poor -- miserably poor -- acts of charity are not only a welcome gesture. It is generally regarded by the people themselves as a kind of saving grace.
By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today In his usual emphatic but rhythmically pleasant style he said, “You know Don, the greatest mistake of Marcos is that he let the military taste power.”
By DON PAGUSARA Davao Today Under the present setup, there’s no way a worker or a farmer or a fisherman or an urban poor can win an electoral seat, nationally or even locally. Let us therefore stop calling our elections a democratic process.
By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today The state machinery with all of its legal institutions, under normal conditions, works as a manageable apparatus for peace and stability. But in a dictatorship the ruler commands state authority with the nozzle of the gun. No matter its pretensions, its inward decay oozes out as a reign of blood and terror for the perpetual suppression of people’s rights and interests. At best, it is a “paper tiger.”
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR. Davao Today And as the country observes the Holy Week, we are reminded that the Ten Commandments mandate mankind to follow God’s simple rules, to live life the way it should be. And these also encourage us to reflect with our beliefs. Allow me to share mine.