Unconscionable By +Oscar V. Cruz D.D. Unconscionable—this is the only right word to use in looking at the Malacañang decision ordering the retake of the nursing licensure examinations for all the 2006 graduates. There were but a handful who authored the leakage of some test questions. There were but some…
Here comes the BPRE Pneumatic corn planter By Sosimo Ma. Pablico FARMERS UNANIMOUSLY SAY that the most difficult operation in corn production is the planting of the seeds. With the traditional method of planting, at least eight persons are needed to plant a hectare in one day. A planter drops…
A revealing night of classical music By Gerry Garcia A RARE “evening of classical music” jointly sponsored by the city’s Center for Performing Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines made our day last Saturday but left us still wondering what the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra (PYO) looks like ….
Dr. Pingkoy Duque tops them all! By Jun Velasco IN A TALK on National Discipline years back before the police provincial command ( we saw colleagues Ruben Rivera and Zarsi Manuel in the officers’ gallery), we advised our audience to behave like they were being watched at all times by…
PhilRice now produces tapuy By Sosimo Ma. Pablico PhilRice is now engaged in the commercial manufacture of tapuy or rice wine after having been given a license to operate by the BFAD [Bureau of Food and Drugs]. BFAD personnel who inspected the Institute’s tapuy production area strongly recommended that PhilRice…
User By +Oscar V. Cruz, D.D. Elementary decency says that people use things—not other people. Using people is not only offensive to their inherent human dignity but also rejective of their inherent human rights. When someone uses people, this is basically to further his or her selfish interests and egoistic…
City’s promising baby, PYO in debut finally? By Gerry Garcia THE call for dismantlement of the Senate, although now an increasingly growing common concern, comes not directly from the people but from amazingly, the lawmakers themselves — mostly congressmen and a smattering of level-headed Senators. Leading this move is the…
From London with love By Jun Velasco LOOSE talks that the vaunted cold war between Speaker Joe de V and Mayor Banjie Lim is thawing should shore up the appeal of former Tapuac Barangay Captain Alfredo Dawana for the two officials to jointly develop a 40-hectare river in Barangays Lucao…
Organic and inorganic fertilizers work well By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Organic fertilizers are not enough to provide the nutrients needed by the rice plant. Inorganic or chemical fertilizers must be added for higher yield. PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] researchers led by Evelyn F. Javier made this observation in a…
Destabilization By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. “Destabilization”. This is the in-word now as far as the present administration is concerned. The way the executive branch of government speaks and acts, it sees destabilization practically everywhere involving practically everybody. In the right, the left and the center even. It is…
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