"Memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it we are nothing."

~ Luis Buñuel (My Last Breath)
Monthly archive August, 2006

Bamboo nursery and propagation launched in Quezon

CANDELARIA, QUEZON – A bamboo nursery and propagation was launched in Bgy. Masalukot 2 Friday in a bid to alleviate poverty and enhance livelihood opportunities of residents here. Ed Manda, presidential adviser of region 4-A and 4-B and Dr. Romualdo Sta. Ana, president of the Phil. Bamboo Foundation Inc. personally came on Friday for the...

Quezon ex-board member seeks probe into P700M Quezon Medical Center

LUCENA CITY – A former Quezon provincial board member asked the Ombudsman to conduct an investigation into the controversial P700 million Quezon Medical Center (QMC) here and sought the preventive suspension of Gov. Wilfrido Enverga in connection with its anomalous construction. “The amount of P700 million is not paltry. In a rigged bidding, the beneficiaries...

WHY THEY STEAL

The eight commandment does not mean anything to a Pinoy public servant. More often, it is just a reminder by the jolly pastor. Public funds have no ownership. Government position is one big picnic. One hears that a government salary is an anchor against the time’s uncertainties. Going private means one has reached a dead...