Manaoag By Al S. Mendoza MANY of our balikbayans visit our Lady of Manaoag year in and year out. Some do it for curiosity’s sake, others for devotional commitment. One such balikbayan was with us a while back during our regular pilgrimage to our Lady of Manaoag. “What’s so special…
Bt corn much better than ordinary yellow hybrid corn By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Small corn farmers have a lot of good reasons for adopting YieldGard, the first Bt corn variety introduced in the Philippines by Monsanto, a multi-national company, according to international agricultural economist and policy consultant Dr. Leonardo A….
“Catastrofe, Hambre, Muerte” By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Now it’s out in the open. There is neither fear nor shame in the matter. It is not enough for the national leadership to but be presidential. There is the feeling and aspiration to be royal. It feels so much satisfaction…
Bikefest with Bataoil’s backing By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNLESS the preparation hits some unavoidable snags, the bikefest, which I conceptualized more than a month ago, will finally come into reality on December 16, two days before my natal day. This road race, dubbed as the “RD Gen. Bataoil-Jesus Garcia…
Not yet a hero! By Emmanuelle THEY do not march off the gods from their thrones just like that. Na-ah. Senators, writers or sometime-soldiers can not have it so easy. They have to be real heroes first. And real heroes, more often than not, are shot with their brothers at…
The political vultures flying over Batasan By Ermin Garcia Jr. The writing on the wall is there for Speaker Joe de V to see. Without a doubt in anyone’s mind, the Speaker will have to contend with President Arroyo’s wrath from hereon till she gets her pound of flesh awash…
Senator Nene, non-adversarial oppositionist By Gerry Garcia SEEN once as an avid advocate of charter change, PGMA’s unexpected change of mind, i.e., putting cha-cha in the backburner till all requisite tax measures are passed, raised a lot of eyebrows. One of these, ironically, belonged to one of the Opposition leaders…
Joey de Venecia before local Rotarians By Jun Velasco MAKATI City was in the headlines again. Senator Antonio Trillanes and General Danilo Lim “invaded” the Manila Pen to launch their withdrawal of support to the Arroyo government in what many believe was meant to trigger ( God forbid!) a military…
Liberal party in the eye of a storm By Gonzalo Duque The brouhaha over the installation of Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas as president of the Liberal Party is “premature ejaculation,” to say the least. That he is a good material for president of the Republic of the Philippines is without…
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