Nuggets gleaned from his latest book By Jun Velasco   “Learn to speak kind words–nobody resents them,” –E.C. McKenzie   WE couldn’t help sharing a few nuggets found in a book Wonder of Words by former President Fidel V. Ramos as compiled and edited by his biographer Mel Velasco. The…

Swimming lessons By Gonzalo Duque   SOME people laugh at the people of India because of their habit of going to the movies if they are hungry. Yeah, to escape hunger, they watch a movie. When we heard this, we thought Filipinos beat the Indians with their own unusual habit….

The shabu lab in Camiling By Bebot Villar   IT was a good thing that the composite team of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Isafp) discovered that big clandestine shabu laboratory in Camiling, Tarlac…

World Festival of Poetry | 2015 Poetic Sanctuaries – Pangasinan Nen Santiago Villafania   ANGGAMAN masaksakbay ni, malikeliket ko lan ibelyaw so pibiang na luyag ed World Festival of Poetry tan say Pangasinan et sakey ed saray 2015 Poetic Sanctuaries no arapen a komatlo ono komapat a simba na Nobiembri…

A breath of fresh air in Malasiqui By Johanne Margarette R. Macob   IT’S 3 in the afternoon. The scorching sun was enough to burn our skin. Or at least, that’s how my friend and I described it. The three-wheeled vehicles have filled the corners, the laterals, practically, much of…

Books By Jun Velasco   “And the King will answer and say to them, Assuredly, I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me,” Matthew 25:40   WE don’t want to miss the book…

‘Mama’s boy’ By Gonzalo Duque   WHY does sport tick in our lives? The sages said it. Because it instructs us to live life fully. It teaches us to become leaders. This is the over-riding creed behind our great interest in sport, like the just concluded basketball championship games in…

Dealing with food poisoning incidents By Bebot Villar   LAST week, 19 San Carlos City residents were hospitalized after eating red salted eggs sold in the city. Kaya simula noong Martes, bawal na muna ang magbenta ng itlog na maalat sa San Carlos City until such time that tests have…

A good question By Oscar V. Cruz   THE truth of the matter is that so many serious and highly relevant questions deserving of true answers are on deck for some time now since the assumption of office by the present Malacañang occupant. And after recently alleging that he would…