Rice bran good source of nutritious cooking oil By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Rice bran is not just good for hog feed. It is also an excellent source of healthy and nutritious cooking oil, according to food chemists of PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research Institute). Results of experiments which started only in…
The road to Tour de France By Jesus A. Garica Jr. TODAY’s chat in the sporting world is focused on the ongoing 2008 Tour de France (TDF). Started last July 5, this multi-stage bicycle race, considered the toughest, longest, richest and the most prestigious in the world, will culminate this…
Tinolang manok By Marifi Jara Quelimane, Mozambique–Eleven weeks ago, as I stood in line to get through the immigration counter at the Mavalane International Airport in Maputo, the capital city of this country, I caught eye contact with an Asian lady in the other line to my right (after that…
Quartered! By Emmanuelle Many had lamented that justice is such a slowpoke in coming, if at all. It takes deliberately small measured steps, and it simply refuses to be hurried along. Interminable is a mild describe of the years it takes before the presiding judge harrumphs a pronouncement. By that…
Hail, hail the gang’s all there! By Ermin Garcia Jr. After that terrible political debacle suffered by former Mayor Benjie Lim (and his son) in the last elections, today a number of the mayor’s key officials have since been fully resurrected and recycled – Raffy Baraan, then the city administrator,…
The ‘auditorium’ and the capital By Gerry Garcia Two outstanding landmarks of Luzon’s biggest province, Pangasinan, stand on the coast of Lingayen town which faces its historic Lingayen Gulf: the Sison Auditorium and the Pangasinan Provincial Capitol. While these two withered the years in admirable endurance and stand out as…
Senatoriables By Jun Velasco WE begin this column with a quote sent by our favorite academe star, AR, who loiters around our meditation room. “A large jar full of water gets emptied by just a tiny hole. If a little anger and pride drains out the nobility of a good…
E-VAT is for the poor By +Oscar V. Cruz To disprove reality by indulging in fantasy, to challenge the conclusion of common sense with contrary technical jargon, to fill empty stomachs with sterile statistics and pencil pushing are sublime examples of defending the indefensible. These are the strange ways devotedly…
Two mayors: Perez and Revita By Gonzalo Duque TWO Pangasinan mayors who are definitely leaving a big mark in their terms are Amadito Perez and Ricardo Revita of Urdaneta City and Rosales, respectively. Former Congressman Perez has radically widened the city streets and showed everyone that he has political will….
Pacquiao: Greatest Filipino boxer of all time By Al S. Mendoza SOME people are destined for greatness. There’s Michael Jordan in basketball (6 NBA championship rings), Michael Schumacher in Formula One (7 F1 titles) and Muhammad Ali in boxing (3-time world heavyweight champion). How about Tiger Woods of golf?
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