Ban the Kap‘s gun Governor Amado Espino Jr. was busy, busy, busy last Thursday giving out gifts. There were spanking new buses to stimulate local tourism and tilapia fingerlings for fish farmers to boost the aquaculture industry. And then there were those shotguns — which cost our provincial coffers at…
Sayang! By Ermin Garcia Jr. Last week, we announced the launch of the fertilizer subsidy fund for farmers by the Espino administration in a bid to boost rice production in the province. Well it seems the good intentions of Guv Spines may just come to naught with the very disturbing…
Manuel L. Quezon (1807-1944) By Gerry Garcia AUGUST 19 was red-letter day for Quezon province (formerly Tayabas) and Quezon City in Metro Manila as it marked the 64th Anniversary of Manuel Luis Quezon who died in Saranac, New York USA on August 19, 1944 immediately before the war ended and…
Before dying, this genius left a few points for us to ponder By Jun Velasco “We don’t see things as they are, but we see them as we are.” – From Ashok WE picked from our email an inspiring letter from Nobel Prize winner for literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who…
Do’s and don’ts for would be OCWs By Gonzalo Duque WE must forth with warn many of our countrymen who are inclined to join the vast army of overseas workers because of the lure of the petro dollar or Green Buck. For all they ought to know, if they want…
Phelps: Great Haul of China By Al S. Mendoza TAEKWONDO jins Thsomlee Go and Tonette Rivero have yet to compete in the Olympics when I wrote this. I prayed they won to end our Olympic medal-drought that began in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. We also emerged zero in the 2004…
PhilRice scientist discovers Trigonelline from rice seeds By Sosimo Ma. Pablico IN MANY INSTANCES, scientists find something great in their researches, which they never thought of before hand. Called serendipity, this was exactly how a PhilRice researcher discovered Trigonneline from rice seeds while he was studying the possibility of extending…
If I were someone else By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. If I were someone who is so in love with myself and with my office because I feel so great and I have so much power; If I were somebody who cannot even bear the thought of being counted…
It was foretold and it happened By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MONTHS before the commencement of the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese government said it will make the opening ceremonies the most glamorous, spectacular and expensive ever since 1896. And it happened. Weeks prior to the games, world scribes had…
The ride home By Glaiza Bernadeth Pinto I love my bus rides as much as the coming home to Alcala every week from school. I always take an Amianan bus and I find it exciting when it zigzags through Kennon Road on the way to its station in Carmen, Rosales…
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