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A sacred cow
by Aven Piramide - August 3, 2023 - 12:00am
In writing columns, there are always the risk of opposing views of readers and touched egos of economic taipans and government power wielders.
Was “hope springs eternal” too much
by Aven Piramide - July 27, 2023 - 12:00am
When I decided to write this article, I thought of using the words “Hope springs eternal” as my theme. Since I honestly did not know who authored it, I went to the internet. Readily the Net told me that...
Two faces of Maharlika
by Aven Piramide - July 23, 2023 - 12:00am
From my secondary education History class, I learned that there were three strata in the Philippines’ pre-Hispanic society, the king (also datu or rajah), the Maharlika, and the alipin. In that social structure,...
Danao City mayor’s visionary leadership
by Aven Piramide - July 20, 2023 - 12:00am
On my way to church last Sunday to sing with the All Men Praise, the Redemptorist choir in the 9 o’clock Sunday morning mass, I read from the internet the news about the groundbreaking ceremony of the first-ever...
Where history does not repeat itself
by Aven Piramide - July 13, 2023 - 12:00am
Most college students have come across the name of the German philosopher Karl Marx, the acknowledged “father of communism.”
Preventing a disaster waiting to happen
by Aven Piramide - July 9, 2023 - 12:00am
The emergency command center, of sorts, of Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, is located along C. Mina Street.
Politicians’ Tale of the Tape
by Aven Piramide - July 6, 2023 - 12:00am
To advertise the June 14, 2023 World Boxing Series card, the publicists used a graphic presentation of Nonito Donaire and Ryan Burnett. This graph is known as the “Tale of the Tape.” This idiom represents...
A high school lesson, updated
by Aven Piramide - July 2, 2023 - 12:00am
In my second year high school class at St. James Academy in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, we had a subject called General Science. Mrs. Emeliana Borces (she is now with the Lord) was our teacher.
Our independent mayor!
by Aven Piramide - June 29, 2023 - 12:00am
A month ago, the officialdom of Cebu City held the very serious occasion of retiring worn-out flags.
Why privatize MCWD?
by Aven Piramide - June 23, 2023 - 12:00am
There are as many views on the operation and management of MCWD as there are people reading the current news involving Atty. Jose Daluz and Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama.
Karma and/or analogy
by Aven Piramide - June 22, 2023 - 12:00am
Let me start this column today with an odd admission that I have grown quite uncomfortable to read the developing news reports on Atty. Jose Daluz and his situation as chairman of the MCWD.
Why hire foreigners with ordinary skills?
by Aven Piramide - June 4, 2023 - 12:00am
When I opened my copy of last Thursday’s issue of this paper, I hit page 3. It was not normal.
If only!
by Aven Piramide - June 1, 2023 - 12:00am
The right of sovereign equality in International Law, according to Dr. Jovito Salonga, points to the view that “all States are equal whatever their differences as to size of territory, population, wealth or...
Goodbye, Lakas!
by Aven Piramide - May 28, 2023 - 12:00am
Some mediamen friends of mine recently sought my opinion on why Vice President Sara Duterte Carpio has resigned from Lakas-CMD.
Utility of unstenciled lawmakers
by Aven Piramide - May 25, 2023 - 12:00am
I dare to share with you a rather personal insight on a legal principle which I cull from my extended stint in the academe.
No facemask for the beautiful
by Aven Piramide - May 18, 2023 - 12:00am
I once attended a meeting of the Queen City Toastmasters Club which had a member delivering a speech project entitled “Work with Words.”
About face!
by Aven Piramide - May 14, 2023 - 12:00am
I have learned that in many impromptu speeches delivered by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the first Catholic to be elected American president, he preferred to use a supposed Ramayana line as an opening statement. Accordingly,...
Two and One
by Aven Piramide - May 11, 2023 - 12:00am
I use “Two and One” as the title of this article today in order to catch your sense of inquisitiveness. Your reading this write up indicates that somehow I have succeeded in my design.
Encore: Tree planting    
by Aven Piramide - May 7, 2023 - 12:00am
For a good part of March and April, this year, we experienced cloudless skies and sunny days.
Of religious holidays
by Aven Piramide - April 27, 2023 - 12:00am
In trying to simplify the constitutional concept of the freedom of religion, I coined a definition in my first year of teaching in the college of law as “religion is the relationship of man and his Creator.”...
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