Unbecoming and afflicted with amnesia By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. We, the sports lovers, particularly the cycling buffs, knew that our very own Romeo Bonzo, the 1983 Marlboro Tour champion, already passed away. This was widely reported on TV, radio and in the national and local newspapers. His sudden death…
The Courtship Dance By Emmanuelle Our brothers and our sisters who live high up in the Cordilleras have this ritual dance, complete with resounding strings and gongs. A maiden steps daintily around a tight circle, now and then venturing lightly out of its circumference, but stepping quickly back to…
During happier days By Gerry Garcia IT took quite some time, at least more than half a century, for the P2 to the dollar exchange rate of pre-war years to soar to its around P50 level of the present day . . . and it probably would take a longer…
“Mga Dakilang Lakan” By Jun Velasco THE Rotary Club of Metro Cubao had a great time last Wednesday viewing a documentary of all the Philippine presidents beginning with General Emilio Aguinaldo. Produced by our friend, lawyer Ramon Dino, who works with the Millora Law Office, the docu film titled, “Mga…
Ano ba yan, Manong Joe? By Gonzalo Duque FIRST the good news. Bear with me if I start with the successful Lyceum Northwestern U’s nursing alumni homecoming held very recently in the city. A lot of people wondered how our LNU which started small has grown this much. Well, it…
Pride and joy of Mangatarem By Al S. Mendoza I AM PROUD once again for being a son of Mangatarem. For that matter, everybody should take pride and joy in his/her land of birth. Every hometown has a spot that is special to all its residents. I am saying this…
SOPA observations By Eva C. Visperas I arrived early because the invitation said the State of the Province Address (SOPA) of Governor Victor Agbayani will be at 8:00 a.m. Friday. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan session, where the governor reads his SOPA, actually started at 8:58 a.m. First came several minutes of…
Herbicide resistance can be avoided By Sosimo Ma. Pablico There’s nothing to fear about herbicides for as long as it is applied only when extremely necessary as practiced in integrated weed management or IWM. In a nutshell, this was gist of studies by PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research Institute) researchers led…
Glorious rhetorics and notorious realities By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It has been no less than six long years with anticipation of three more years ahead if not more. Since then, the incumbent national leadership has been honing well its expertise in glorious rhetorics while at the same time…
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