Drum seeding plus reduced tillage By Sosimo Ma. Pablico FARMERS IN IRRIGATED RICE FARMS may as well consider the use of a drum seeder for crop establishment and practice reduced tillage for lower production cost and improved labor productivity. This is in a nutshell was the gist of a research…
Gambling unlimited By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Apart from all the shameful and distressing attributions credited to the ruling administration, such as the double whammy title of the “Most Corrupt” and the “Least Approved”, there is another singular label that it rightfully deserves to get: “The Biggest Gambling Lord…
Tour of Mindanao in the offing By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ARNEL Quirimit, the 2003 Tour Pilipinas king, texted me a few days ago saying a multi-stage Tour of Mindanao bicycle road race will be held in the last week of August or first week of September. It’s being organized…
Great responsibility By Glaiza Bernadeth Pinto “Get it first. Get it fast. Get it right.” I always hear these words ringing in my head every time I enter the room of my journalism classes. Sometimes I recite these to myself and I feel a push for me to aim to…
Beauty! By Emmanuelle YOUR friends call you Beauty or Ganda, but your boyfiend’s former girlfriend and her barkada tartly describe you as Pangit or Bruha. Who is the more believable harbinger of truth? Makes for more material behind the saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, di ba?…
The gang’s templates for corruption By Ermin Garcia Jr. Last week, we reported how the ‘chief miracle workers’ of former Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim were resurrected and recycled by the Espino provincial administration to wit, Raffy Baraan now as provincial administrator and Dindin Baniqued as provincial legal officer. (And…
No. 1 Pinoy in sports today — Paeng, not Manny By Gerry Garcia FINALLY this historic capital town of Lingayen seat of provincial governance, will find its long-planned push for citihood a reality under the determined leadership of Mayor Jonas Castañeda. At least, hopes are high. Mayor Castañeda, finding factors…
Organize students’ visit to the Capitol By Jun Velasco THE author of that health book that says “l00 Years Young: What the Oldest Can Teach Us” should have met Dagupan’s latest centenarian, Don Pedro “BAL” Balingit. Feted by his family and friends last July l6, his l00th birthday, Don Bal…
‘Mute and epidemic’ By Gonzalo Duque WE chanced upon Col. Isagani Nerez, our provincial director at Pedrito’s last Wednesday. The first thing we asked him was about our beleaguered Dagupan City police chief, Col. Dionisio Borromeo. Was he sacked? Nerez said he is just being investigated in connection with the…
Nadal, new hero of world tennis By Al S. Mendoza LOST in the din of Pacmania was the classic Wimbledon victory of Rafael Nadal only a while back. You know Nadal, of course. But to the uninitiated, here’s one for you. Nadal is the 22-year-old Spaniard with the long, flowing…
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