Livestock biotechnology has come a long way By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Biotechnology research at the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) has come a long way but it is now developing cloning by nuclear transfer techniques for the production and multiplication of super buffaloes with extremely high milk and meat production performance….

Malacanang dirty tricks department By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. There goes once more a paranoid administration, a nervous government, a panicky chorale of consummate pro-Malacañang government agencies. Once more, people are witnessing with amusement and aversion, their faulty strategies and miserably written dialogues. There is the attempt to change…

Culture of secrecy By Marifi Jara While  the media was busy wringing every possible angle on the unfolding ZTE story, not much attention was given to what could well be a landmark decision involving the freedom of speech that we have, which, thanks to our own efforts  at fighting for…

CBCP’s ‘Communal action’ divisive not premature By Gerry Garcia THE Catholic bishops’ call for “communal action” in view of whistle blower Rodolfo Lozada Jr’s expose’ of corruption in the $329-million national broadband network has been called “premature” by Palace spokesman Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye. Communal action or mass or people…

GMA’s staying power By Jun Velasco GMA’s staying power in Malacañang is the favorite guessing game of most Filipinos these days. The fact that they are making these guesses reflects the sad side of this republic.  The catchword is political instability. The cynics would shrug, “since when has there been…

Appeals for sobriety By Gonzalo Duque THE country seems not to learn its lessons. Or is Philippines Circa 2008 bound for some more chaos and divisions? What’s happening to our country ate Au? Surely, it’s premature if not preposterous to blame the worsening chaos on Jun Lozada’s playing-hero antics.  The…