As the people sink By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. As the People of the Philippines sink in water and mud, their supposedly national leader flies high in cloud 9. As houses are destroyed and streets are flooded, someone is enjoying sky service with class on board, and anticipating royal…
Hooked to Hybrid Rice SL 8H: II By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Nine of Nanay Soling’s 11 children left the Philippines to work in Italy due to the lack of profitable employment in the country. Having been raised in the Ilocano tradition, they saved and continue to save much of their…
Harvest Time
The Celtics rose from the grave By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE talk of the town until now is the Boston Celtics’ victory over arch-rival Los Angeles Lakers in this year’s NBA finals, particularly Games four and six when the Celtics showed stupendous fire-powers in demolishing the less-defensive Lakers. You…
Sports Eye
Sheba’s graduation By Yoli Tucay-Ricasata Graduation day is a very special and emotional day for the individuals and their families. It is a day they will probably remember for the rest of their lives. As the graduates march indoor or outdoor serenaded by popular or classical music, their parents, brothers,…
A Kabaleyan’s Thoughts…
Food, shelter, clothing By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D. One of the most ominous realities that loudly announces that there is a fast brewing social volcano in a country, is the fact that a good number of its people lack basic food to eat, have no decent shelter nor…
Viewpoints
See no evil, get no electricity By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE thieves who stole Decorp’s 750 Kilovolt Ampere (KVA) transformer that weighs 300 kilos, off a fallen post in the middle of Sitio Camanggaan, Mayombo in Dagupan City must be laughing their heads off seeing how they have completely intimidated…
Punchline
July 4, more than Fil-Am Friendship Day By Gerry Garcia MOST practical-minded Pinoys who are well aware of the fact that their Republic was granted independence by Mother America on July 4, 1946, are understandably unbelieving of current comment that “we are now on our 110th year as an independent…
Here and There
A taste of unfreedom By Jun Velasco We received yesterday an e-mailed prayer by Archbishop Desmond Tutu with its head, “Disturb us Lord.” It came from a friend from long way back whose compassion for mankind is beyond question. We thought that in this period of gathering hopelessness, the high…
Think about it
Saludo ako, Congressman Victor By Gonzalo Duque WE saw a standout, shining Victor Agbayani last week. The man we used to sometimes criticize here for his inaction on the regional drug rehabilitation center project in Burgos, Pangasinan stood ten feet tall during the education committee meeting at the House of…




