THE Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra will host a free concert “An Evening of Classical Music” to be held on Sept. 23, Saturday, at 7:00 p.m. at the old St. John Cathedral in Dagupan City. Jeslito Seen Sr., chairman of PYPO, said several classic master musicians will perform in the free concert,…
The eight pilot barangays of project PROMISE (Program for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia) entered a new phase by completing a three-day early warning system and evacuation planning workshop last August 31. The activity was aimed at increasing the knowledge and skills of the pilot areas in…
FREE throws in a basketball game make the difference. This fact was learned by University of Luzon Golden Tigers usually reliable slot man Jenkins Bucao when he flubbed a decisive two free throws last Monday, allowing archrival Lyceum Northwestern University Dukes to run away with a 65-64 squeaker in the…
Mental dishonesty among our educators HERE is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the public education in the country is in dire straits. We don’t only desperately need more classrooms and chairs but sufficient quality books, modern communication tools and teaching aids. But as our national policymakers grapple with the…
Racketeering in public schools By Ermin Garcia Jr. Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim finally broke his silence on the published dismal financial performance of the city by the Commission on audit two weeks ago. In the spirit of fair play, I will not comment on his statements in this issue…
PYO, city’s cultural rebirth By Gerry Garcia The amazing news is out! What this writer always used to think was an impossible dream has… or seems to have become true, at last? The news, a good one, comes from saxophonist Jeslito Seen, Sr. chairman of the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra. Seen…
Art Lomibao’s Library By Jun Velasco TEN years back, we had an exciting speed-boat round of the beautiful island province of Guimaras, thanks to the Lopez couple, former congressman Albertito Lopez and his wife, Emily, also a former member of congress, who made our visit possible. Emily spoke a week…
MVP to the Rescue By Al S. Mendoza MVP coming in as the top gun in the basketball imbroglio might yet signal the dawning of a new era in the sport. The stature alone of MVP (Manny V. Pangilinan) is nearly enough to gather all the warring factions in basketball…
Basista to stage Orchestra Festival By Eva C. Visperas In the quiet, small town of Basista, music is its heart and soul. And soon, it will create a big bang when it stages its “Orchestra Festival”. Consider this. The town, with only 13 barangays, has about nine orchestras, seven of…
Hermetic enclosure lengthens hybrid rice seed viability By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The viability of hybrid rice seeds can now be prolonged up to nine months by storing them in hermetic seed storage enclosures, according to results of a study conducted by researchers PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] and BPRE [Bureau…
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