Senate President Enrile viewed closely By Gonzalo Duque POLITICAL circles are locked in their conflicting interpretations of the sudden replacement of Senate President Manny Villar by senior Senator Johnny Ponce Enrile who, they say, is the most experienced and probably most astute political tactician we have nowadays. . Many say…
Fil-Am Invt’l proof of golf’s pulling power By Al S. Mendoza BAGUIO CITY–Golf is laid back? Boring? It is laid back, yes, but not really boring. Still, for all its laid back looks, golf is actually tension-filled, pressure packed and full of thrills. For one, how can it be boring…
Jatropha seedling production at MMSU By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico WHILE OTHER SCHOOLS are still conducting studies on the production of jatropha, the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac, Ilocos Norte has gone one step farther û the university is now in a frenzy producing 2.0 million seedlings to…
Baptism By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. “For an infant to be baptized lawfully, it is required that there is a well founded hope that the child will be brought up in the Catholic religion. If such hope is truly lacking, the baptism is, in accordance with the provisions of…
First of its kind in the Philippines By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YEAR 1955 was the year when cycling was officially born in the Philippines. The following year a multi-stage professional race group called the Tour of Luzon Association (TLA) was formed under the leadership of the late Atty. Geruncio…
Pardon, please repeat again once more for the second time? By Emmanuelle WE ARE BORN pantay-pantay. Pardon, please repeat that again once more for the second time? The Child was born in a manger, the Mother pushing, and maybe the surrogate Father himself ushering Him into this world. The most…
The hidden truth in the Capitol By Ermin Garcia Jr. Last week, we published excerpts from the 5-paged letter of an old acquaintance Paterno “Pat” Orduna, now an Executive Assistant IV at the Office of the Governor. In brief, he wanted to impress upon me that the shotgun-for-kapitans program of…
Meet the tungro-resistant rice varieties By Sosimo Ma. Pablico THE RICE TUNGRO disease is the major rice diseases that can cause yield losses up to 90 per cent. Although the incidence of this disease in Northern Luzon is not as serious as in Mindanao, rice farmers in Regions 1 and…
Use. Misused. Abused. By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. While self-resolved and consequent personal initiative to do something good, right, ethical, moral is a big attribution, to allow oneself to be used, misused and even abused for an over all grossly and corrupting goal is at the height not only…
Weighing the UL Five By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT was in 2006 when the University of Luzon (UL) Golden Tigers recaptured the Region 1 basketball tiara of the Private Schools Athletic Association or better known as PRISAA. The UL Five defended their crown the following year and continued to…
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