Pareng Oca’s clout Obos na? By Gerry Garcia FOR the first time since its conversion into a chartered city some 60 years ago, Dagupan is now   blessed with construction of a pedestrian overpass over its most traveled highway in barangay Tapuac, especially in the vicinity of the Dagupan City National…

Orbos magic By Jun Velasco ONE lazy afternoon, a friend and a former “seminarista” were playfully making a gubernatorial survey somewhere in eastern Pangasinan, the political bastion of the Estrellas. While refreshing themselves in a little store, our friend approached a group of young people who were mimicking the Beatles…

Is Allan Peter Cayetano a liar? By Gonzalo Duque JUDGEMENT Day is less than two months away. Amayamay laray manggatel so ebet da o manggiwgiw. May the best man win, and may the worst lick his or her wounds. Hope you would learn a lesson or two from the exercise….

RP-Japan project promotes peace in Muslim Mindanao By Sosimo Ma. Pablico An agriculture technical cooperation project of the Philippines and Japan that started in early 2005 is now promoting peace in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) by introducing new technologies that would help farmers improve their farming systems….

Poor Philippines By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. There seems to be no end to the sad plight of this country under not only the worse but still worsening governance of the present administration. Never before in its history has its people been subjected to shame and disgrace before the…

Pichay to serve public’s need for strength By Gerry Garcia KEY amendments to the constitution being pushed by Speaker de Venecia to constitute what he says is the mother of all reforms, are two-fold: shift from the bicameral presidential system which has been cause for the nation’s being enmeshed  in…

A  Pechay story By Jun Velasco OUR man in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, ORG, sent a dispatch that says Butch Pichay of Mindanao has many blood relatives in Ilocandia. In that case, we have three northerners gunning for the senate: Pichay, Chavit Singson and Ping Lacson. We don’t believe in parochial…

JdV starts West Central school modernization By Gonzalo Duque LAST Sunday, I had a satisfying lunch at the People’s Cake house beside the old Polyclinic Hospital. I was with old friends, fellow columnist Jun Velasco, noted artist Jun Fiertes, who was recently featured in the select magazine “Literatti” (Jun is…

Canned rice now available in 3 varieties By Sosimo Ma. Pablico After   two years of piloting the production of canned rice, Turris  Philippines, Inc. has already come up with three varieties of the newly developed product that are affordable, flavorful, preservative-free and Muslim-friendly in addition to the original canned plain…

The Honasan and Trillanes phenomenon By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is a common public perception that the midterm elections of May 2007 constitute some kind of an implicit but real referendum on the acceptability—or otherwise—of the incumbent national leadership. This means that the recognized and official result of…