Weather lore has scientific basis By Sosimo Ma. Pablico THE folks in Northwestern Luzon swear that age-old lore is often quite accurate in predicting the weather. But they cannot explain why. Indeed, there is a scientific basis to weather lore that may explain its accuracy, said Evangeline Galacgac and Criselda…

12% E-VAT: Unreasonable. Unconscionable. Unjust. By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Since its devious conception, odious approval and deleterious implementation in this poor Country with pitiful government, the 12% E-VAT has been the subject of a good number of public outrages, strong denunciations and loud protests. It is a moral…

Sweet Eid By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–Around 7:30 in the morning of the first day of October, we received a plate full of sweets: there was a slice of soft chocolate cake, some small square pastries topped with desiccated coconut, icing sugar, or candy sprinkles; several tiny cookies; and some…

International ‘art center’ in Zambales town? By Gerry Garcia SAN ANTONIO is a small town in Zambalez, with population of some 24,412 and an annual income of P9.7 M which has a special spot for tourist attraction: a concert hall in the middle of a mango plantation. Its originators and…

Save the bangus industry By Jun Velasco SCENIC Dapalu drive (Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Alternate Road) gives motorists a panorama of the city’s major bangus industry. Yes, Virginia, the river under the Japanese-funded bridge (Dagupan’s version of the San Francisco Bridge in California) is part of the Bonuan navigational route that raises the…

Pinoys don’t know how to handle power? By Gonzalo Duque ALTHOUGH we are in the US — at Macon, Georgia at the East Coast, particularly -thanks to our Ate Grace, now a Mrs. Dizon – our thoughts flew back to the Philippines, especially in our beloved Dagupan and Pangasinan, which,…

Triple whammy By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. First was the lead content in toy paints. Children love to lick their toys, put these in their mouth while playing and feeling good. Unknown to their dotting parents, their children were being slowly poisoned by such a deleterious element. How many…

Bantay son finds success in Mindanao By Sosimo Ma. Pablico AN SVD PRIEST once told this writer, “Go South, young man. There are lots of opportunities over there.” True enough, there are lots of opportunities in the south, particularly in Mindanao. One of those who realized a truism in the…

Kindness as an inheritance By Glaiza Bernadeth Pinto IS chivalry, or being a gentleman, dead? For a while, I have been convinced that it is. On most occasions, for example, I see young people – both male and female – crossing the street alongside an old man or woman and…

Stewing over GSIS Manager Winston’s ‘mismanagement’ By Gerry Garcia WHAT has long peeved the millions of subordinate members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is the extended office term of Winston Garcia, highly paid millionaire head of the system who has been at the helm since he was under…