Anda mayor under probe for dishonesty? By Gerry Garcia NESTOR Pulido, mayor of Anda in West Pangasinan, was a former fellow media-man in Dagupan City, was in fact the president once of the Pangasinan Press and and Radio Club (PPRC) leading which he did remarkably well. This was years before…

A best seller in the making By Jun Velasco OVER a cup of coffee, former Professional Regulation Commission chairman Hermogenes Pobre, a son-in-law of Pangasinan, and Manila Bulletin publisher told us he is impressed by the many innovations — such as the massive facelift of the Capitol and Urduja —…

McCain upstages Obama with his beautiful vice By Gonzalo Duque IF it were not for our columnists Al Mendoza and Jess Garcia, we would have junked our interest in local sports news. But Al is coming out with a book on Muhammad Ali, and so we couldn’t say goodbye to…

Strange but true By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It all started with one libel case, which was unceremoniously dismissed by a competent judicial authority. Well and good. But four years later, the illustrious Department of Justice had the case again filed – possibly for reason of national interest only…

The latest rice varieties at a glance By Sosimo Ma. Pablico NEW RICE VARIETIES are released every year by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) as the national Rice Technical Working (RTWG) led by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) continues to conduct nationwide testing of promising rice lines bred…

Christmas for a soldier’s daughter By Glaiza Bernadeth Pinto I opened my television on the morning of September 1 and the morning show was featuring a segment on where and how to find low priced Christmas decorations and gifts. Actually, come to think of it, a few days before that,…

Looking in from the outside By Gerry Garcia GEORGE C. Marshall, US general and statesman, was a name familiar to us teachers during the later Liberation days. As familiar as Camel cigarettes. Or GI Joe. Marshall, we remember, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1953 for Peace, an honor bestowed…

What’s it all about, Alfie? By Jun Velasco WOULD you believe? While we were humming Dionne Warwick’s “What’s it all about, Alfie?” — one of our favorites — our eyes were glued to a front-page blast against the local police for the upsurge of killings, mostly unsolved ones, he averred,…

New CHEd czar, a fresh wind in RP education By Gonzalo Duque THE appointment of former Clark Development Corp. president Emmanuel Angeles to the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) chair as replacement of Romulo Neri is well deserved. Manny, being the overlord of the Angeles University Foundation for so many…

Commercialization of 3-in-1 rice anticipated to yield lots of benefits By Sosimo Ma. Pablico FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, a 3-in-1 rice variety that is now being developed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is expected to be planted on a commercial scale throughout the country. The seven-year breeding project…