Unstoppable Globalization By Jun Velasco AN INDICTMENT of a joint venture between the Philippine and Chinese governments for the exploitation of some l.5 million hectares of idle real estate (PDI full page ad p. A 4) as anti-poor and anti- Filipino overlooks the unstoppable globalization phenomena. We sympathize with the…
Good luck, Mayor Al By Gonzalo Duque SEOUL, South Korea – Can’t help shed a tear when I see enormous advancement by other countries. Most often, I told myself when I was in the United States, “ano kaya ang naging kasalanan ng Pilipino at hindi makaahon sa kahirapan at di…
Mayor Nani as Mr. Nature By Al S. Mendoza MAYOR Nani Braganza of Alaminos City has not stopped amazing me. First, he said he was disgusted with the national leaders in the run-up to the May 14 polls. He went on to lambaste his political elders for what he called…
Wake up call for fishpen operators By Eva C. Visperas Anda Mayor Nestor Pulido issued a memorandum circular Friday to bangus producers in his town calling for a moratorium on the operation of their fish pens and fishcages for at least one month following a massive fishkill affecting their produce…
Integrated weed management solves recurring low income By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The recurring low income of farmers practicing direct seeding of rice in Dingle, Iloilo has been solved through integrated weed management. In the past, Dingle rice farmers had difficulty controlling the weeds despite the use of herbicides. Until lately,…
Sinking ship By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Sad to say but real to behold, the present administration can be well likened to a sinking ship. The “Garci tapes” remain one big open political wound. The impeachment cases are considered a complementary unclosed moral dilemma—not mere a question of number…
Sports-minded Spines By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ONLY his close friends know that our newly elected Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. is a sports-minded person. And I was never able to say the same for our outgoing governor. I came to know of Espino’s — fondly called “Spines” by his…
Bringing home Iraq By Marifi Jara The image of US Army Sergeant Richard “Valiant” Correa’s casket, alongside his grieving family and friends, is poignant. He was so young. Sayang. That the casket was draped in an American flag, arriving a day before the celebration of the Philippine’s Independence Day during…
6.9% what? By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Stranger than fiction—this could be the popular perception every time the administration releases impressive figures of economic progress or amazing statistics of national development. Such glorious pronouncements are even usually accompanied with the by-line that never before were they realized except in…
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