PYO, city’s cultural rebirth By Gerry Garcia The amazing news is out! What this writer always used to think was an impossible dream has… or seems to have become true, at last? The news, a good one, comes from saxophonist Jeslito Seen, Sr. chairman of the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra. Seen…
Art Lomibao’s Library By Jun Velasco TEN years back, we had an exciting speed-boat round of the beautiful island province of Guimaras, thanks to the Lopez couple, former congressman Albertito Lopez and his wife, Emily, also a former member of congress, who made our visit possible. Emily spoke a week…
MVP to the Rescue By Al S. Mendoza MVP coming in as the top gun in the basketball imbroglio might yet signal the dawning of a new era in the sport. The stature alone of MVP (Manny V. Pangilinan) is nearly enough to gather all the warring factions in basketball…
Basista to stage Orchestra Festival By Eva C. Visperas In the quiet, small town of Basista, music is its heart and soul. And soon, it will create a big bang when it stages its “Orchestra Festival”. Consider this. The town, with only 13 barangays, has about nine orchestras, seven of…
Hermetic enclosure lengthens hybrid rice seed viability By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The viability of hybrid rice seeds can now be prolonged up to nine months by storing them in hermetic seed storage enclosures, according to results of a study conducted by researchers PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] and BPRE [Bureau…
Magic of Charter Change By +Oscar V. Cruz Cheating, lying and stealing would be open atrocities of the past. Poverty and hunger would be gone for good. Employment would be abundant and the economy would be bloom. There would be education for all. No woman or child would ever be…
It’s All in the Mind By Emmanuelle Being born in Pangasinan, the middle child among five children was not the only edge this writer had over her other siblings. She was also the only child delivered by her own physician-father, in his and his nurse-wife’s own house. Her infant wails…
Another round of bad news (for Dagupeños) By Ermin Garcia Jr. First the bad news (for Dagupeños): The Dagupan City government finally terminated the services of its 142 emergency workers or casuals and some of its technical consultants. The city can no longer afford to pay their salaries. A number…
CA Justice Regino, retired but not tired By Gerry Garcia TODAY, 2006, law class ’56 from the University of Santo Tomas of which Dagupeño Teddy P. Regino is a leading member, basks in a euphoria of golden jubilee… as the surviving judicial Thomasites gear for a joyful reunion next month….
Raul Lambino, take a bow By Jun Velasco THE ADVENT of the “ber months,” now wafting the air with fond Christmas memories, must be the major reason for the peso’s bounce this week, P50 to the US dollar. Sometimes dubbed as balikbayan season, the bers (September, October, November and December)…
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