National Artist Frankie Sionil Jose at UPang’s 84th founding rites By Jun Velasco ANDA Mayor Nestor Pulido’s political saga — he was sacked for demonstrating a high level of pubic service — continues to annoy local officials and the public. A Pulido sympathizer sent us this letter: “The punishment (30-day…

Jimmy Licauco’s disturbing report By Gonzalo Duque ZAMBOANGA always excites us. Remember our grade school song, “don’t you go, don’t you go to far Zamboanga?” Well, we were here last week as part of our work in advancing the country’s educational system. It just occurred to us that this land…

Achievable targets in hybrid rice production program urged By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico FROM ALL INDICATIONS, hybrid rice production can very well provide sufficient rice to feed the country’s burgeoning population, but the former coordinator of the national hybrid rice production program, Dr. Manuel G. Gaspar, urges officials to set…

Talking about public works By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. DPW and construction, constructors and bidding, collusion and corruption – not to mention special patronage sought from and given by individuals related to powerful public officials – are some of the talking points of recent Senate and House inquiries people…

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…

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…

Bishop Cruz should back GMA’s drugs war By Jun Velasco IN spite of the harsh tag on the President as “Ate Glue,” she has made some bullseye actions and decisions on our crippling problems. Her taking a direct hand on illicit drugs should be the first step in eradicating our…