Overqualified By Jun Velasco THERE are a few bigots, they who can’t go beyond the literal, who lament the fact that the organizers of the now world famous Bangus Festival “are creating a mountain out of a molehill, the aquatic animal called bangus.” Why do you sing paeans to that…

A ‘superman’ in our midst By Gonzalo Duque WE were simply glad, awed, too, we met anew our old and durable friend, Attorney Reynaldo A. Villar, older brother of newsmaker non pareil Presidential Anti Smuggling Group chief Bebot Villar at the birthday party of the congresswoman wife of Congresswoman Naid…

Broiler production increases with 2 veterinary products By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico TOP BROILER contract growers in Pampanga and Pangasinan are pointing to two veterinary products as having played a key role in their being top producers of a big time broiler contract growing integrator. The contract growers – Enrique…

Financial crisis and Filipino resiliency By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It would be unrealistic to claim that there was ever a time when the Philippines wallowed in opulence or abundance, when the Filipinos had all that progress and development could give. The truth is rather this Country and its…

Shallow bliss By Marifi Jara COMING home from a far less developed country, where infrastructure is so poor, feels like stepping back into paradise. From the airport, my brother drove us through the Pampanga-Tarlac segment of the new Subic-Clark expressway (all the while hailing how great it is). While that…

Art Lomibao eyes JdV post By Jun Velasco AT the Lyceum Northwestern U’s graduation rites at the Stadia Saturday, Commission on Higher Education Chairman Manny Angeles said his office will uphold at all times the merit system and, logically, rebuke the misfit, the abusive and the corrupt in the field…

The Lessons of Lent By Gonzalo Duque WE saw the graphic face of man’s (and woman’s) suffering when we served during the Ramos presidency as Deputy Administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in the early 90’s. It was quite an experience. Yes, the tragic face of poverty is…

Deodorize pig manure with fedgrozyme By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico THE OBNOXIOUS smell of pig manure is a big problem of every swine raiser unless they know how to go about in eliminating the foul odor. However, Hipolito “Jun” Saoyao and Marianito Garinggo of Tubao, La Union have licked the…

2009 Easter Sunday Message “I HAVE RISEN. I AM WITH YOU ONCE MORE.” By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is not a secret that our dear country has been long besieged by numerous and serious socio-moral errancies – primarily caused by a good number of our corrupt and corrupting…

“They divided my clothes among themselves. They gambled for my robes.” (John 19:24) By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It might be not only absurd but also futile for all consummate private and government gambling lords to be reminded about the painful lamentation made by Christ Himself while hanging and…