World crosses fingers with Obama’s rise By Jun Velasco MOST Americans and people around the world are still pinching their skin to make sure it’s a black American president who has just ascended the stage and now speaking to them these days. What’s more, Barack Obama got elected leader of…
Sister Luz’s fine example By Gonzalo Duque WHAT happened to our colleague and Mayor of Anda Nestor Beltran- Pulido is a pure case of political harassment. We wish to warn those who conspired to have him suspended for one month due to a technical error, mali ata pinanggalingan ng pera…
Fiesta time, reunion time By Al S. Mendoza YOU forget your roots, you forget your loved ones – yourself. You grew up loving things, places – people. You just don’t forget them. Stick to them like lovers do to their mates. You’ll never go wrong. In my case, pinakbet’s the…
Rice varieties for drought-prone areas By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico MORE THAN 1 million hectares of ricefields in the Philippines are drought-prone. Farmers in these areas normally suffer from long periods without rain that should provide the much needed water for their rice crops. In many instances, yields are low…
Personal commitment By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. One day, someone committed the gross official blunder of attempting to consummate a memorandum of agreement on the ancestral domain of the Moro People that would in effect convert the territory into an expanded and basically independent homeland within the territorial confines…
RP cyclists support Hiso’s group By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE new set of officers of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines, better known as PhilCycling, under the wings of Rolando Hiso, invited me to observe the inaugural race they held on January 17 at the Quezon Memorial Circle….
What are little boys made of? By Emmanuelle Of little tin cars, plastic pop pistols, bicycles and skates, bugs and bloody noses. Pretty little girls in pretty little frocks do not belong to their league, unless the little girls come themselves with little tin cars, plastic pop pistols, bicycles and…
ANDA–Mayor Nestor Pulido is now facing a 30-day suspension after the provincial board on Monday handed down a guilty verdict in an administrative case filed against him by members of the town council. Pulido, in an interview with The PUNCH, said he will appeal what he called a “politically-motivated” decision…
REP. Jose de Venecia Jr. is one with the opposition in the House of Representatives in their battle cry to stop the charter change “at all cost”. Speaking to newsmen in Dagupan City on Tuesday, De Venecia said while he is still president emeritus of the ruling party, Lakas Christian…
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