Enhancing peace in ARMM the PhilRice-JICA way By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico PEACE IN the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has always been elusive. Other than political reasons, the continuing conflict between the Muslim rebels and the government is being aggravated by poverty among Muslims. To many of the…
2 national tours on this year By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. It was in the years 1974, 1975 and 1976 when two national tours were conducted. These were the Tour of PICCA (Philippine Industrial Commercial Cycling Association) formed by the late Antonio Kairuz, a cycling magnate; and Tour of Luzon,…
Recipe for disaster By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. When will the Malacanang long standing occupant ever accept that as a leader declared as most corrupt, crooked and double-dealing, majority of the people have also long since appended thereto their distrust, disgust and disdain? And when will the known and…
Injustice By Ermin Garcia Jr. I can understand the desire of Guv Spines to remain diplomatic in his approach in seeking to reverse the sudden DepEd order to reassign the province’s two schools division superintendents, Dr. Armando Aquino (Div.1) and Dr. Alma Ruby Torio (Div. 2). But his approach does…
PHINMA head defines role of education in development By Jun Velasco WOW! It may be ordinary for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to come to her home province often, but to hold her cabinet meeting at the residence of PASG chief Usec Bebot Villar in Sto. Tomas town is something. Not…
‘Political traffic jam’ By Gonzalo Duque WE are lately suffering from what we call a “political traffic jam,” if we take note of the many personages who have been making pronouncements left and right here and there that they are the God-sent messiah tasked to save the country from wherever…
Pacquiao: A knockout for stupidity By Al S. Mendoza YOU are not only the country’s No. 1 boxer but also in the whole universe as well. You can do anything at will? I mean, you can do something against legally established laws, let alone public morals, and you go scot-free?…
Low-tech but cheap and reliable By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico LOWLAND RICE FARMERS can now easily assess the soil nutrient that is deficient in their fields by using a kit invented by a former soil science professor at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB), former scientist of…
Yankees, Cubans no. 1 no more By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BASEBALL is not in my list of top five favorite sports. Nonetheless, I enjoy watching the big tourneys of both these sports on television with rounds of beers, even when I am all alone in my room or in…
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