Looking in from the outside By Gerry Garcia GEORGE C. Marshall, US general and statesman, was a name familiar to us teachers during the later Liberation days. As familiar as Camel cigarettes. Or GI Joe. Marshall, we remember, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1953 for Peace, an honor bestowed…
What’s it all about, Alfie? By Jun Velasco WOULD you believe? While we were humming Dionne Warwick’s “What’s it all about, Alfie?” — one of our favorites — our eyes were glued to a front-page blast against the local police for the upsurge of killings, mostly unsolved ones, he averred,…
New CHEd czar, a fresh wind in RP education By Gonzalo Duque THE appointment of former Clark Development Corp. president Emmanuel Angeles to the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) chair as replacement of Romulo Neri is well deserved. Manny, being the overlord of the Angeles University Foundation for so many…
God’s answer By Al S. Mendoza AS I said the last time out, I prayed for Tshomlee Go and Tonette Rivero to win their taekwondo events in the Beijing Olympics. Alas, they lost. With their losses, coming yet terribly in their first times at bat, the country emerged medalless, winless….
Commercialization of 3-in-1 rice anticipated to yield lots of benefits By Sosimo Ma. Pablico FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, a 3-in-1 rice variety that is now being developed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is expected to be planted on a commercial scale throughout the country. The seven-year breeding project…
Just war By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. On the chilling occasion of the deadly and dreadful war now taking place in Mindanao – on otherwise naturally rich and potentially prosperous region in the Country – a persistent question that comes to mind is one and the same. Is the…
Revamp is the name of the game By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DAYS after the Beijing Olympic Games, our national sports czars headed by Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Peping Cojuangco; Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella, chief de mission; and Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chair Butch Ramirez came out into the…
Watching China By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–Cable or satellite television services here are quite expensive and so we have opted not to get any. (The money spent for subscription fees, I tell myself, would be better spent for other treats like travels around the country and the bordering countries, or…
IT’S BACK TO SQUARE ONE RESIDENTS of Sitio Russia in Bonuan Boquig refuse to buckle down despite a Regional Trial Court order issued last week telling them to go back to the negotiating table with officials of the Dagupan City government. Instead, the residents filed an amended complaint on August…
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