The lowly malunggay is a great income earner By Sosimo Ma. Pablico One may say I am kidding, but it’s indeed true that the lowly malunggay can be a source of great income if it is planted on a large scale in well drained soils, especially sandy loam soils. In…

Pagcor plus PCSO By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Greed is a vice that knows no bounds, that respects no limits. This is true irrespective of whether the object of greed is money or power which after all compose a twin human misery. As wealth brings power, so does power…

Smelling home By Jahwella Ocay It was another Christmas break, and I had this one thing in mind which I really wanted to do – to hang around in our municipality’s well-improved plaza. It wasn’t about simply killing time or plain gallivanting.  It was a search for something, something to…

Rizal and his new Knights By Jun Velasco WE observe by government edict Rizal Day today. Has it occurred to you how the idea men, the organizers of this movement started the entire thing, this nationwide, nay, worldwide   movement that exalts the Filipino’s capacity for greatness?  Let’s thank Dr. Jose…

New politics will make BF president By Gonzalo Duque THE advent of information technology in our country will definitely change the color of our political system. The so-called great unwashed will no longer be pushed around. Their voices will be heard. In this sense, our forecast is that the kind…

Lots of blessings to thank for at 69 By Sosimo Ma. Pablico When one turns 69 and looks back through time, one finds that indeed so many things are worth thanking for.  Having  reached  this age and still running around, so to speak, doing  the one and only thing he…

New Year’s Message By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. “…the Angel of the Lord…appeared to Joseph…and said ‘get up’… (Mt. 2:13) May the blessings of love and peace, sufficiency of resources and family joy be yours this New Year and the days ahead! Thus I greet you all with fervent…

Sad but true By Charmaine Dizon On my way home from Baguio where I am studying, I preoccupied myself watching Christmas lights and lanterns displayed in front of the houses along the road. I felt   an unexplainable happiness within me. It’s exhilarating to know that a lot of people are…

Impressing our home-coming balikbayan By Gerry Garcia CHRISTMAS Eve tomorrow, Dec. 24, marks the end of a novena that began on the 16th with the Misa De Gallo, or dawn mass. This ninth day, Dec. 24, is a direct prelude to Christmas Day, after which the city of Dagupan on…

Guv’nor Spines’ Camelot By Jun Velasco YOU have to give it to Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. (ATE, for short, not ZTE, huh!) when it comes to talking about a dream. Thursday  night on the Capitol grounds, the governor  repeated in a speech at the Media Night  that the province,…