The PM race By Jun Velasco WE saw a thread of heroism in former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, at least, in the way he interprets our national hero Jose Rizal’s life and thoughts, which makes him an ideal spokesman of the hero: his thoughtful nature. In an informal huddle at…
A visit to Tuguegarao City By Gonzalo Duque TUGUEGARAO CITY – Some people are wondering why the Lyceum Northwestern University has awarded Doctorate Degrees in the recipients’ university or college campuses instead of at the LNU. Well, it is an innovation in the field of education which I am proud…
419er By Al S. Mendoza I HAVE A CONFESSION to make. Erap and I were born on the same day: April 19. Ah, we are 419ers. Alas, our commonality ends there. He is a celebrity and I am not. He is rich and I am not. He won a Famas…
San Carlos City still reigns supreme in mango, bamboo production By Eva C. Visperas IT was an unscheduled trip but still our group went to San Carlos City though we feared we might not be able to interview our news sources because it was then already 11:30 when we headed…
PhilRice engineers make land preparation easier By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Land preparation for rice farms need not be a backbreaking job anymore as agricultural engineers have already designed a set of attachments that can perform different operations with the operator riding on a seat assembly. PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research Institute)…
Interpretation of laws By +Oscar V. Cruz While this is already a long since well settled question in countries where there are three independent branches of government—the legislature, the executive department and the judiciary—it would do no harm to ask the question: who has the more immediate and better competence…
I wannabe By Immanuelle Take this story. A little boy cuddles up to his grandfather. The grandfather, who is also the town’s mayor, plays with the child’s hair. Idly, the grandfather asks: “What would you like to be when you grow up?” “I wanna sit on your chair.” The grandfather…
The pork barrel and the Parliament By Ermin Garcia Jr. ANOTHER Holy Week came and went. Those who religiously visited their respective parish churches and others, surely had another opportunity to watch the mega-hypocrites among our politicians doing their bit of “atonement” …for not having stolen more from the government…
‘Boy’ Rayos; Dissolve the Frats if… By Gerry Garcia Fraternities on some if not most Pinoy school campuses today, even if the members think they are impressive and envied owing to the classy Greek-based names they have chosen for their society, have become nothing but unprincipled groupings of friends. Friends…
Beautiful places By Jun Velasco WAS it Mayor Leo de Vera’s modernizing town of Bayambang – with the legendary plaza largely funded by Cesar Quiambao — the starter of it all? Or Mayor Jolly Resuello’s San Carlos City? Don’t forget that in the 60’s, Palaris City was adjudged the most…
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