Rain dance By Marifi Jara As an enthusiastic gardener, I have been devotedly praying for a constant dowse of rain from the heavens. I’ve even had tempting thoughts of organizing a community rain dance in our barangay using indigenous Philippine musical instruments. I think it would be an equally enjoyable…
Maramba Blvd., still seedy By Gerry Garcia IT’S not from tradition that a newly elected mayor of a town or city draws the gall to change the face of the incumbent police chief he does not like. More often it is personal or political, to be more exact. And it…
Gonzalo’s odyssey By Jun Velasco ONE of the negative traits of Filipinos is their inability to accept defeat in a healthy and democratic contest. Take the case of the recent Speakership race. Congressman Pablo Garcia of Cebu unfailingly showed that he was a sore loser. His handlers like Bicol Congressman…
Manny Villar and JDV By Gonzalo Duque THIS column said it all before. I said: the opposition we have in this country can’t go but down… if they don’t change their nasty ways. At the rate most of their leaders are cutting each other’s throats, theirs is a sure prescription…
Cool rice for a warmer world By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Rice breeders throughout the world are now being challenged by climate change to develop cool rice varieties for a warmer world, as the current varieties may no longer be productive under rising temperature condition in the near future. In a…
Wrong and unpopular By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. To be right and unpopular is not wrong. But to be wrong and unpopular is right. Herein lies the wrong conclusion of the national leadership attempting to believe that its unpopularity is because of doing what is right. The truth is…
Badly Wanted: Good Persons By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. In its Pastoral Statement on the 2007 National Elections dated 8 July 2007, the CBCP made a collective pronouncement on the lights and shadows that accompanied the said democratic exercises. In rather clear and relatively few words, the Episcopal Conference…
Lingayen, sleepy town no longer By Gerry Garcia LINGAYEN’S days of being a lazy sleepy town are numbered. An energetic hands-on mayor is presently at the helm of administration and is leaving no stone unturned, especially when a military-man-turned-congressman became this province’s new governor. Former Gen. Amado “Spines” Espino, now…
Ayoy will match erpat’s achievements By Jun Velasco WHAT we saw yesterday worried us no end. First scene: Two internet shops near a public high school in Dagupan were full of boisterous students playing video games during school hours. Their wild behavior showed they have kicked out their lessons for…
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