Toyo, Patis and instant noodles By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–My Filipina friends came around early this week to meet up with our other Filipina friend based in the capital Maputo who was on a whirlwind one-day/one-night working trip and stayed at our house. She had abet for everyone! Some herb…
Don’t misread the times By Jun Velasco WHAT happened to Rep. Jose de Venecia and son Joey in the impeachment issue could very well be a portent of cataclysmic events in our corruption-battered existence. Woe unto our children who are willy-nilly bombarded with shrouds — and shreds — of darkness…
Professional ‘cuartasy’ By Gonzalo Duque OUR good friend, Congressman Joe de Venecia, committed a single most fatal error during his impassioned testimony on the impeachment of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, his former closest political ally when he blurted, “Everybody is for sale in this House!”
High yielding tugui and ubi cultivars By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico AFTER MORE THAN six years of collecting and evaluating cultivars used by farmers in the Ilocos Region, a researcher of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac, Ilocos Norte has finally identified several high yielding lines of tugui…
Change the constitution By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It does not take profound wisdom to say that just as the good car will be damaged in the hand of a poor driver, and a great business will ultimately fold up under a poor management, so too the best Constitution…
Pangasinenses in the neighborhood By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–Who would have thought that in this faraway, little- heard-of quiet corner of the world I would find a fellow Pangasinense? Make that two. One from Bonuan and another from Lingayen. Out for a walk at the marginal (riverside boulevard) with Luna…
‘During our time’ By Jun Velasco IF you happen to be in Dagupan by night fall, don’t fail to hang around the vicinity of the plaza. You’d tell yourself this city is going cool because of its newly opened night market that unfailingly swarms with market goers, fun-loving folk and…
Senate President Enrile viewed closely By Gonzalo Duque POLITICAL circles are locked in their conflicting interpretations of the sudden replacement of Senate President Manny Villar by senior Senator Johnny Ponce Enrile who, they say, is the most experienced and probably most astute political tactician we have nowadays. . Many say…
Jatropha seedling production at MMSU By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico WHILE OTHER SCHOOLS are still conducting studies on the production of jatropha, the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac, Ilocos Norte has gone one step farther û the university is now in a frenzy producing 2.0 million seedlings to…
Baptism By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. “For an infant to be baptized lawfully, it is required that there is a well founded hope that the child will be brought up in the Catholic religion. If such hope is truly lacking, the baptism is, in accordance with the provisions of…
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