Power tiller for upland cultivation developed By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Agricultural engineers of PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research Institute) have developed a walking-type power   tiller with rotavator, harrow and leveler that works well both in dry and wet land conditions. Engineers Arnold S. Juliano, Leo B. Molinawe and Ricardo F. Orge…

Time to go? By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Perhaps the time has come for the national leadership to become some kind of a hero instead of a downright villain. By now, it should have learned the admittedly hard and painful lesson that it is neither truly meant to govern…

Brief reminiscences of the good old days By Gerry Garcia DECEMBER 8, Friday, Immaculate Virgin Mary feast day, also marked the day when the sudden unholy massive bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese planes took place in 1941… 56 years ago. We were teeners then in high school at the…

National cleansing By Jun Velasco BY the time this paper was out, the political smoke would have cleared up a bit, let’s hope, from the most confusing suspense we Filipinos are going through. From the haze and maze, from the tumult, we expect a nation cleansed, rising from the ruins…

Ani is in Dagupan. Don’t say ‘naani la!’ By Gonzalo Duque THE following is a medya medya lang affair, the lighter side. I was watching USA TV of Belen Fernandez one evening, and I almost fell on the floor when I saw the regular coverage of the Sanggunian Panlungsod session,…

Custom service for farm mechanization gains headway By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Small rice farmers may not need to buy farm machines after all provided custom service for farm mechanization is available, as shown by the initial experiences in a pilot project of PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research Institute) in the  Science…

Greed By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Greed is synonymous to insatiability. For the greedy, nothing is enough. They feel the continuous craving for more. When they have more, they want to have much more. The end is always the same; they eventually lose whatever they have—with sickness, despair, death….

We too remember and grieve over Max By Gerry Garcia OUT here in the province, a week after the unexpected passing of journalist icon Max Soliven in Japan, radio and print media, especially The Sunday Punch, could not help being aggrieved. This feeling of grief is no more or less…

Sportswriter in Texas By Jun Velasco SOMEONE sent us this thoughtful text message:   The poem was nominated 4 de best poem of 2005, written by an African kid..                   Wen i born, i black,          wen i grow up, i black,          wen i go in d sun, i…

Game of the generals (& their lieutenants) By Gonzalo Duque THE Christmas decorations and expensive lights in Dagupan City have created the impression that all is well in many a Dagupeño’s life. But is it? Many of my friends, including those who worked like hell for the election of  some…