Adopting buro By Glaiza Bernadeth Pinto It was April 1997… I still remember that month as if it was only yesterday. We arrived in the town of Alcala from Mambusao, Roxas City in the Visayas. It was summertime then but it seemed to be the beginning of the season of…
Re-evaluating our values (Conclusion) By Emmanuelle Not to be confused with its numerical successors, the first EDSA revolution will always remain a phenomenon in the perception of the international community. The personal experience, however, had awakened us Filipinos to the surprise that the values we had looked for, or…
Cabinet Revamp and Transactional Politics By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Now it can be said without reserve and with ethical certainty. There are more than enough indications that Malacañang itself even wants it openly known and noted. The ruling administration has nonchalantly demonstrated and continues to prove that transactional…
Labor Day for OFWs, especially By Gerry Garcia LABOR Day celebrated in honor of workers is most often a holiday. In the US it falls on the first Monday of September . . . unlike here in Pinoyland and in other countries where May 1st is the common choice. In…
All these festivals are good for nothing if . . . By Jun Velasco WE were locked in a lively exchange over how and why a modernizing city could be so crazy over a fleshy aquatic animal called bangus. Can’t you, Dagupan people, come up with something better, say, larger…
Origin of Pista’y Dayat By Gonzalo Duque THESE festivals we are having these days — from Lingayen to Dagupan and all the coastal towns of San Fabian, Binmaley, Labrador and Sual including Alaminos City — have their stories of origin. Read on. Manong Resty Basa, well-known local historian and awardee…
A trip rooted to roots By Al S. Mendoza I HAD a chance encounter with Mayor Rey Velasco of Sta. Barbara on Tuesday at the fabled Dagupeña Restaurant. After the usual handshakes and hellos, I asked the good mayor, “What’s the latest on your airport project?” Rey was quick to…
Craving for mushroom turns into a thriving agribusiness By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Eleven years ago, a mechanical engineer in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija craved for mushroom but was not able to buy any because no one was culturing it. This prompted him to look for mushroom spawns instead so that…
Uprooting By Marifi Jara This time last year, I wrote a melancholy piece about celebrating the sea. This year, there is a happy note. Our barangay, Nibaliw Narvarte (though it will always be Sabangan in my heart), just celebrated its first Tuyo Festival, timed with the province-wide Pista’y Dayat. Activities…
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