During happier days By Gerry Garcia IT took quite some time, at least more than half a century, for the P2 to the dollar exchange rate of pre-war years to soar to its around P50 level of the present day . . . and it probably would take a longer…

“Mga Dakilang Lakan” By Jun Velasco THE Rotary Club of Metro Cubao had a great time last Wednesday viewing a documentary of all the Philippine presidents beginning with General Emilio Aguinaldo. Produced by our friend, lawyer Ramon Dino, who works with the Millora Law Office, the docu film titled, “Mga…

Ano ba yan, Manong Joe? By Gonzalo Duque FIRST the good news. Bear with me if I start with the successful Lyceum Northwestern U’s nursing alumni homecoming held very recently in the city. A lot of people wondered how our LNU which started small has grown this much. Well, it…

Herbicide resistance can be avoided By Sosimo Ma. Pablico There’s nothing to fear about herbicides for as long as it is applied only when extremely necessary as practiced in integrated weed management or IWM. In a nutshell, this was gist of studies by PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research Institute) researchers led…

Glorious rhetorics and notorious realities By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It has been no less than six long years with anticipation of three more years ahead if not more. Since then, the incumbent national leadership has been honing well its expertise in glorious rhetorics while at the same time…

First biotech rice variety in RP released By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The first biotech rice variety in the Philippines, released only recently by the National Seed Industry Council [NSIC] for commercial production, is now being produced in a large scale. Called NSIC Rc142 or more popularly as Tubigan 7, the new…

Bracing up for the May polls By Gerry Garcia EVEN if extreme political violence is seen to be seething in the provinces of Abra, Batangas, Iloilo, also in Pasay City in Metro Manila, including nearby Muntinlupa, it probably will not spill over to Pangasinan, despite Provincial Elections Officer Reddy Balarbar’s…

Dr. Ado’s counsel to journalists By Jun Velasco THE eldest of the Duque brothers, Dr. Salvador, or fondly called “Kuya Ado,” never fails to counsel journalists who regularly visit him at his Lyceum Northwestern University office to “go slow in hurting people.” Because, he says, it might hurt the “hurter.”…

Brian Lim for city mayor By Gonzalo Duque THIS is unsolicited: I am committing my vote to Ms. Gina Perez de Venecia if reports are true that she is running for senator. She is Haven-sent! In case you don’t know, Gina, the beautiful wife of Speaker Joe de Venecia, has…

Trading partners By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It was with great pride and sheer pleasure that the present Administration announced that the Philippines and China are henceforth trading partners. In a moment of glory, one is much impressed and elated. It is like a huge giant conceding to be…