What’s happening to our fish-rich rivers, Mrs. Molina? By Gonzalo Duque WE’RE in Las Vegas while we write this column. Our hosts, Raffy Villamil and pretty wife, Elvie, have been making our stay here very enjoyable and meaningful especially at the Palazzo Hotel, you can stretch your imagination how the…
Money speaks louder than love By Al S. Mendoza WHAT money can do. That’s the only thing I can say about Jinkee, Manny Pacquiao’s beautiful wife. At the start, Jinkee was one of the most vocal opponents of the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight. “I will oppose the fight,” said Jinkee…
General Admission
The vanishing rice farming rituals in Ifugao By Sosimo Ma. Pablico EVEN as a considerable number of Ifugao farmers no longer believe in the rice farming rituals of their ancestors, others stubbornly insist their ethnic group must continue performing those traditional rituals, saying these are their way of life. Those…
Harvest Time
Economic Fundamental By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Whenever the government wants to claim that the country is well geared for economic development or wishes to proclaim that the Philippines is in many ways over and above a given financial crisis such as the one actually taking place in the…
Viewpoints
Machambas By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–The police are doing it. Students in public schools have been and continue to be into it. A balikbayan has taken an initiative to get his former barangay involved in it. Another community is coalescing with the government for it. Vegetable gardening, that is. Or…
Roots
AIDA SERVANDO REGINO of Mamburao, Mindoro Occidental and Dagupan City (September 18, 1932 -September 21, 2008) Peacefully joined our Creator on September 21, 2008 at the age of 76. Her loving husband, Retired Justice Teodorp P. Regino, children Teodoro Jr. & Mary Anne, Jeremy & Arlene, Vivian, Merle & Patrick, Joel & Marilou,…
AIDA SERVANDO REGINO
CALASIAO MUNICIPAL BUILDING FIRE CALASIAO–The town’s residents will not be content with the promised standard investigation and are pressing for a deeper probe into the fire that razed the town’s municipal building and the Tesoro shrine to the ground at dawn on Monday. While authorities are now investigating the fire,…
Politics eyed as one motive
THE Calasiao fire department is under probe for alleged delayed response during the incident. Mayor Roy Macanlalay told The PUNCH that Fire Chief Inspector Emilio Langkay and his men will be investigated separately by the local officials while another investigation is being conducted by the regional office of the Bureau…
Firemen in hot water for late response; chief was 3 hours late
PACA OFFICERS–The executive officers and members of the board of directors of the Pangasinan Association of Canada (PACA) headed by its president Willie Rapanan (standing 6th from right) and Dr. Ernie Quinit (standing 7th from right), founder, get together after an assembly (Photo by Mogi Mogado)