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Of workers and employers (part 1)
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - May 4, 2006 - 12:00am
Every time prices of basic commodities escalate workers begin to ask for wage adjustments. This is an expected consequence. When the buying power of peso is reduced food items on workers' tables are also reduced....
Pista Senyor, a postscript
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - January 19, 2006 - 12:00am
That was a big bang of a Pista Senyor. From day one of the novena and Mass to the feast day itself, thousands of devotees trooped to the Basilica to worship and to celebrate. Pit Senyor! reverberated in every heart...
Vicente Gullas on character formation
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - January 14, 2006 - 12:00am
Two days ago we wrote about some insights on the personality of Don Vicente Gullas, founder of the University of the Visayas. Now we shall explore his views on character formation. As an educator, Gullas' focus was...
Remembering Don Vicente
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - January 12, 2006 - 12:00am
Today, January 12, is the 117th birth anniversary of Don Vicente Gullas, founder of the University of the Visayas and one of the pioneer private school educators in the country. In 1919 he opened the Visayan Institute...
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Holy Rosary
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - December 10, 2005 - 12:00am
Last week I wrote about the festivities of the Virgin Mary as part of a Catholic's preparation for Christmas. One of such festivities is the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe whose feast day is December 11. The Virgin...
So be it with E-VAT, but results are expected
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - November 4, 2005 - 12:00am
Now that the E-VAT has been pushed down the throats of the people, whose sufferings have already been acute enough owing to high prices of basic goods, the government should show visible evidence of frugality in...
A church man lectures on governance
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - October 27, 2005 - 12:00am
It was rather awkward for the archbishop of Manila, His Grace Gaudencio Rosales, to lecture on governance during a pastoral assembly held recently in that city. Addressing President Arroyo, the head of Manila...
Maximum tolerance for rallyists
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - October 22, 2005 - 12:00am
Cebu City authorities, civilian and police, had a prior agreement to observe maximum tolerance during the anti-Gloria rally yesterday. It was a good decision. As long as the rallyists do their thing in an area that...
Is the culture of death in Cebu City?
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - October 20, 2005 - 12:00am
The continuing killings vigilante-style in Cebu City of former correctional inmates which have claimed the lives of almost a hundred people to date and the quiet acquiescence by the general public of these happenings...
On fraternities
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - October 8, 2005 - 12:00am
For some time now two fraternities in Cebu have drawn the attention of the public for the violent incidents associated with them. Alpha Kappa Rho and Tau Gamma Phi - the very names conjure conflicts and mayhem. Whatever...
Martial law and the 'gag' order
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - October 6, 2005 - 12:00am
After President Arroyo came up with her no permit no rally policy and her "gag" order to officials on congressional investigations, some observers feel she over-stepped the bounds of her authority. She is testing...
While the Filipino suffers, Senators glory under klieg lights
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - October 1, 2005 - 12:00am
As expected, howls of protests issued from the mouths of opposition congressmen when President Arroyo came out with an executive order requiring key personnel, including military officers, to get a clearance before...
Why so squeamish about controlled mass actions?
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - September 29, 2005 - 12:00am
Malacañang stirred a hornets' nest among the opposition and their cause oriented cohorts when it announced recently that it would take "calibrated preemptive response" against street demonstrations....
Something on separation of Church and State
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - September 17, 2005 - 12:00am
A senator recently warned Catholic Church leaders against violating the constitutional provision on separation of church and state. Issued at a time when the CBCP was preparing a statement on the bishops' post impeachment...
Gambling and the Church
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - September 15, 2005 - 12:00am
As a reaction to the report published in a national newspaper that he was one of the three bishops who received monetary donations from Pagcor, our own Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was quoted as having said that he was...
Monkey business in Congress
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - September 3, 2005 - 12:00am
The riotous scene at the justice committee hearing of the House of Representatives recently was a slap on the face of Philippine democracy. Staged by opposition congressmen, the pandemonium, footage of which appeared...
Of budget and development
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - August 27, 2005 - 12:00am
For the first time the national expenditure program has hit the trillion peso mark. At P1.053 trillion the budget for CY 2006 is the biggest so far ever cranked out by Congress. Can we afford it?
The CAMMA Awards
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - August 25, 2005 - 12:00am
We would be guilty of a serious omission if we fail to congratulate, although belatedly, The Freeman staff, headed by editor Jerry Tundag, for bagging three of the four major slots of the Cebu Archdiocesan Mass Media...
Of dengue and other plagues
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - August 20, 2005 - 12:00am
Like oil prices, dengue is on the rise in this country. With more than two thousand people afflicted, the fatalities have hit an alarming number. Cebu is among the high-incidence areas, the reason why the Cebu City...
Sky high oil prices? About time to use alternative energy sources
by STRAWS IN THE WIND By Eladio C. Dioko - August 18, 2005 - 12:00am
In the face of high oil prices, there is now a renewed interest in the use of alternative energy sources. Unlike fossil fuel like gasoline and diesel, these sources are available almost everywhere, are renewable...
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