Here comes the BPRE Pneumatic corn planter By Sosimo Ma. Pablico FARMERS UNANIMOUSLY SAY that the most difficult operation in corn production is the planting of the seeds. With the traditional method of planting, at least eight persons are needed to plant a hectare in one day. A planter drops…
Villaflor Golf classic XIII bares winners By Lito Ang ED Sorio of Lingayen LTO once again proved his supremacy in local golf as he bagged the lowest gross in the recently concluded Villaflor Golf Classic XIII held last Sunday, September 24 at the Dagupan Golf Course. Scoring just 1 over…
Golf Talk
Murphy’s Law By Emmanuelle It is after lunch, just a few hours before the invited guests arrive. The house smells clean and fresh. Why wouldn’t it, after days of endless and vigorous scouring, scrubbing, sweeping, washing, airing, arranging and rearranging? The cake had been ordered days ago and is ready…
Feelings
A revealing night of classical music By Gerry Garcia A RARE “evening of classical music” jointly sponsored by the city’s Center for Performing Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines made our day last Saturday but left us still wondering what the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra (PYO) looks like ….
Here and There
Dr. Pingkoy Duque tops them all! By Jun Velasco IN A TALK on National Discipline years back before the police provincial command ( we saw colleagues Ruben Rivera and Zarsi Manuel in the officers’ gallery), we advised our audience to behave like they were being watched at all times by…
Think about it
Fight of the Century By Al S. Mendoza THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO today, October 1, Muhammad Ali made boxing history right here in the Philippines. No, not that Ali defeated Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight crown, although that particular Ali victory was also one of the definitive moments in Ali’s…
General Admission
Gallant is definitely running By Eva C. Visperas So you think the next political battle is still eight months away and the political pot has yet to brew? It has long started to boil, in Pangasinan third district, that is. Lawyer Gallant Soriano, the deputy commissioner of the Bureau of…
Business Log
PhilRice now produces tapuy By Sosimo Ma. Pablico PhilRice is now engaged in the commercial manufacture of tapuy or rice wine after having been given a license to operate by the BFAD [Bureau of Food and Drugs]. BFAD personnel who inspected the Institute’s tapuy production area strongly recommended that PhilRice…
Harvest Time
User By +Oscar V. Cruz, D.D. Elementary decency says that people use things—not other people. Using people is not only offensive to their inherent human dignity but also rejective of their inherent human rights. When someone uses people, this is basically to further his or her selfish interests and egoistic…




