Here and There

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Comments Off

Chaotic Labor Day in M. Manila differs from May 1 here By Gerry Garcia FIRST day of May tomorrow, Labor Day, has for Metro Manila, as usual, another sinister if not irrelevant significance far removed from the day’s actual intent. That is, if we took at face value the words of the Armed Forces of [...]

Think about it

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Comments Off

Where’s the ‘punch’, Ermin? By Jun Velasco PANGASINAN, otherwise known as Agbayani Country, at summertime should easily run away with the prize title of the most fun-filled province in the islands. The ballyhooed Pistay Dayat, traditionally celebrated  with aplomb, fiesta galore and  beauty pageants, unfailingly energizes  Pangasinenses’ and in Dagupan City dons international color  with [...]

Playing with Fire

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Comments Off

Philippine Star’s sense of fairness By Gonzalo Duque BELOW is our letter that appeared in the Philippine Star’s Wednesday, April 26, 2006 issue. We are reprinting it to give you an idea of how and why we and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities dealt with the libelous and damaging articles released by the [...]

General Admissions

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Comments Off

‘Bangungot Pestebal’ By Al S. Mendoza WHAT FESTIVAL are we talking about here? Are we all blind? Bangus Festival? What’s that? Open your eyes. Look around you. Sniff the air. What do you see? What do you picture? What do you smell? You see a government that values parades which are nothing but charades. You [...]

Viewpoints

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Comments Off

Labor Day By +Oscar V. Cruz There must be something very strong in a country when precisely during Labor Day, the laborers lambast the government instead of allow it to honor them. Today, we behold workers marching, rallying, protesting for being underrated, underpaid and underhandedly treated. And they are people who are still working somewhere [...]

Business Log

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Business Log, Opinion | Comments Off

Sea turtles in Burgos By Eva C. Visperas THE TOWN mayor here plans to give sea turtles which have recently become their frequent visitors in their beach area, names to identify them. In fact, Mayor Domingo Doctor Jr. said that the next sea turtle that will visit them will be named “Doming”.  It will carry [...]

Harvest Time

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Comments Off

Goat raising getting popular in the Ilocos By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Goat raising is fast becoming an important component of the agricultural system in the Ilocos region as more small farmers in the rain fed and upland areas in Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte are now going into it. Even as the goat population [...]

Feelings

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Feelings, Opinion | Comments Off

Paint the pain away By Emmanuelle You have heard of how Ina Foundation works. I have seen the Ina Foundation at work. This is an extraordinary bonding of women whose sole requirement for membership – one has to have lost a child – I would not even dare to contemplate on. One would rather join [...]

Launch move to stop charcoal dependence

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Business, News | Comments Off

URDANETA CITY – Here’s a practical campaign to help reduce the community’s dependence on and use of charcoal sourced from kaingin. The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) based here and the local government jointly launched Wednesday “Sagipin ang Puno, Mag-ipon ng Diaryo”. It aims to establish socialized fuel plantations that will provide alternative [...]

Watch out for ‘Taptocilong-silog’

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Business, News | Comments Off

Tapsilog, tocilog  and longsilog move over, “Taptocilong-silog is here! That’s tapa, tocino and longanisa with sinangag and itlog (fried egg) for you, Dagupan style! While this concoction may not be on any Dagupan restaurant’s menu yet, expect it soon now that the best tapa, tocino and longanisa producers have come forward for the 1st Dagupan’s [...]

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