Drying with rice hull-fed furnace eliminates kerosene cost By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Farmers, cooperatives and rice millers using recirculating batch dryer for grain drying may now replace the kerosene burner with a rice hull-fed furnace as source of heat and be spared from the spiraling cost of non-renewable petroleum-based fuel….
The good and the bad news By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRST the good news. I would like to extend my congratulations to Team YMCA Dagupan for bagging five golds, two silvers and six bronze medals in the KDA Manila Invitational Karate Championships held last July 29 at Pasig City. …
This used to be my playground! By Emmanuelle Of course, we remember! The playgrounds. Not at the malls! At the school, at the town plaza, at every imaginable place where there was nature, where there was space. Firmly packed earth or loose sand for bare feet to run or jump…
Reform the tax law By Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The injunction for both Houses of Congress to “Reform the tax law” seems to have been officially given on the occasion of the last glorious and glorified State of the Nation Address (SONA). In the event that such is really…
Is ‘palakasan’ the new buzzword? By Ermin Garcia Jr. Something is amiss in the Tayug gunslaying involving the town mayor’s bodyguards. Initial reports described an on-the-scene and hot pursuit operation by the town’s police. The suspects were clearly identified, and the getaway vehicle that figured in a car chase was…
Decongesting Dagupan By Gerry Garcia SHOPPING in this city’s business center, especially for car-riding commuters from outside Dagupan, has become a chore next to the impossible of being achieved. Why? First of all, because our streets in the downtown area narrow and filled to the brim with passenger jeepneys and…
Waterless folk By Jun Velasco A VERY powerful, hair-raising (?) campaign against formula milk which is being valiantly fought by Pingkoy Duque’s DoH shows a puppy suckling from a mother dog, a piglet from a mother pig and, here’s the punchline, human babies suckling from animal cows! Shocking? Read on….
A proactive PACU By Gonzalo Duque THE barangay and Kabataang Barangay elections are only two months away. We advise those who are training their eyes on becoming officials to avoid being controversial these days. The President has his “listening centers” all over the country and won’t hesitate to apply the…
Talent & time By Al S. Mendoza WE have the talent but, unfortunately, not the time to produce wonders on the world stage. Talent alone is not enough. Time is talent’s twin brother always. The San Miguel-Pilipinas Team was oozing with talent but, alas, it didn’t have time to make…
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