PYO, start of something Big in the city By Gerry Garcia WE were in a state of delighted consternation when we read the invitation from the Center for Performing Arts Dagupan to “an evening of Classical Music featuring the country’s leading classical performers.” Since the CPA indicated the concert was…

Miracle By Jun Velasco IF what UPANG’s  Dominador “Boy” Rayos is true that the Sangguniang Panlungsod did a no-show at a consultation meeting the august (?) body  itself called to discuss school  fraternity  issues Wednesday, then columnist Gonzalo Duque’s coinage of  “clown-cilors”  has  basis. We were having coffee with former…

New rice varieties By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Farmers have again more rice varieties to choose from with the recent release of a hybrid and five inbred rice varieties by the NSIC [National Seed Industry Council] for commercial production. These are:  NSIC Rc136H [Mestiso 7], NSIC Rc138 [Tubigan 5], NSIC Rc140…

Senate of the Philippines By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. No to ChaCha. Not now under this present administration. Not through the government initiative or the Con-Ass. The best argument to this socio-ethical stand taken by the CBCP is now clear and concrete: the present senate is elected by the…

PYO, city’s cultural rebirth By Gerry Garcia The amazing news is out! What this writer always used to think was an impossible dream has… or seems to have become true, at last? The news, a good one, comes from saxophonist Jeslito Seen, Sr. chairman of the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra. Seen…

Art Lomibao’s Library By Jun Velasco TEN years back, we had an exciting speed-boat round of the beautiful island province of Guimaras, thanks to the Lopez couple, former congressman Albertito Lopez and his wife, Emily, also a former member of congress, who made our visit possible. Emily spoke a week…

Hermetic enclosure lengthens hybrid rice seed viability By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The viability of hybrid rice seeds can now be prolonged up to nine months by storing them in hermetic seed storage enclosures, according to results of a study conducted by researchers PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] and BPRE [Bureau…

Magic of Charter Change By +Oscar V. Cruz Cheating, lying and stealing would be open atrocities of the past. Poverty and hunger would be gone for good. Employment would be abundant and the economy would be bloom. There would be education for all. No woman or child would ever be…

CA Justice Regino, retired but not tired By Gerry Garcia TODAY, 2006, law class ’56 from the University of Santo Tomas of which Dagupeño  Teddy P. Regino is a leading member, basks in a euphoria of golden jubilee… as the surviving judicial Thomasites gear for a joyful reunion next month….

Raul Lambino, take a bow By Jun Velasco THE ADVENT of the “ber months,” now wafting the air with fond Christmas memories, must be the major reason for the peso’s bounce this week, P50 to the US dollar. Sometimes dubbed as balikbayan season, the bers (September, October, November and December)…