Celebrating Peace Month

WHENEVER I attend mass on Sundays, there is a part I always look forward to - it is when the priest says, “My peace I give you; look not on our sins, but on the faith of your people and graciously grant us peace and unity in accordance to Your will. The peace of the Lord be with you... Offer each other a sign of peace.”

I often offer a sign of peace by a respectful greeting to the person on my side, in front and the back. Others do a handshake, or a bow between strangers, or a kiss hug between family members hoping peace reigns among us.

Bands America and Kalapana to hold concert in Baguio

IT WAS just a couple of years ago when Walltrix toyed with the idea of bringing America back in Baguio City. The idea cropped up when the concert producers noticed Baguio people are very sentimental as far as music is concerned.

Tickets were sold out for the concert featuring The Lettermen. They saw the audience singing along with the artists. The Lettermen were a hit among the Filipinos back in the days.

Cobcobo: Mixed tips

HERE are some helpful tips:

1. If you intend to change your hair cut and it means drastically changing your look, I suggest that you consult a hairstylist first and search magazines or browse the Internet for possible looks you want then give yourself time to think it over. Maybe you should also consider adding a color or other services depending on the style you want.

Organizations joined Baguio artists to create park

FUNDED by a Japanese non-government organization, several groups joined a tree planting activity as part of a three-year project to create Baguio Artists Forest Park at Km. 4 Asin last Monday.

Top 10 most prolific serial killers

THE sudden death of American Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy employees on September 11 by a mob attack was a tragedy. Whatever their reasons, killing or murder is violating God’s law, the right for life. But there are people who don’t value life. Massacre, murders, serial killings were crimes committed that led to numbers of deaths that increase to hundreds, doubled and reach to thousands. These people who committed crimes are called most wanted people and prolific serial killers in the world like Osama Bin Laden, public enemy Al Capone Chicago’s infamous gangster, couple’s Bon and Clyde in the early 30s went on a crime spree of small scale robbery, John Dillinger carried out a series of bank raid was America’s most wanted men.

Davao Adventure

THE Rural Bank of Itogon (RBI), Mangaldan Branch, had its family outing in Davao recently. Davao has a population of nearly 1.5M with an area of 2,444 sq. Km. Climate is tropical with an average of 15 to 34 C.

Davao City’s true wealth lies in its culture and history thanks to the legacies of its indigenous and Muslim tribes. According to historians, the word Davao is a result of the phonetic blending of words from three Bagobo sub-groups, meaning “beyond the higher grounds” or “over the hills yonder”, a reference to the location of Davao River, a trading settlement. When different tribes went to the area, they would say that they were going to ‘Davoh’ (Obo group, considered the earliest tribe to settle in the area).

Pizza dough (thin crust)

AT THE behest of a favorite nephew of mine, Roland R., we embark on a very dicey recipe. Pizza dough. There are as many preferences of pizza dough as there are eaters of pizza. There are the aficionados of thin crust, thick crust, chewy crust, crisp crust, bready crust, etc etc.

Batang Tesda: Fulfilling dreams, careers

THIS determined, young lady hopes to fulfill her dreams by building a career through the technical-vocational education and skills development training.

The Forest Lodge offers 'the best deal in Baguio'

VACATIONERS wanting to escape the lowland's sweltering heat and the deafening hustle and bustle of big city have always preferred to make the exciting climb to Baguio.

And when one heads to this highland city, the dream is to retreat to Camp John Hay and enjoy the renowned pleasures of this former American recreation base-wide open spaces, pine-covered forests that lace the cool air with a refreshing scent, and the stillness of the surroundings.

There's beauty in recycling

SEARCH for Ginoong Lakan and Binibining Lakamabini in the field of Science was held lately. It is a unique beauty pageant whose contestants competed for the best in costumes that were made out of recyclable materials. Creative designs from recycle wastes were embellished as each contestant ramped and projected each artistic and inventive creation on stage. The gowns and gears of the contestants were made of plastic junk materials, straws, paper plates, garbage bags, rice sacks, magazines and bottle covers.

The event was organized by Grace Tiglao, Marilyn Degay and Sharon Sendayen, in coordination with DepEd Baguio. The search is still ongoing in some public schools in the region .This is to enhance and inform the students about correct ecological solid waste management and theses and benefits of recyclable waste.

PTV 4 undergoes changes

KNOWING the importance of communication, the Presidential Communications Operations Office or PCOO (formerly Office of the Press Secretary), together with the Peoples Television Network Ch.4, the Philippine Information Agency and Radyo ng Bayan, will implement a communication strategy to allow immediate dissemination of information not only through its flagship news programs but during calamities and disasters.

Pancakes and French Toast

RAIN, ceaseless rain. Nonstop rain. Saturdays and can't go out. No way to keep the kids entertained. All the kids are in the house. All looking for something nice to eat. Why don’t we surprise them on a Saturday morning and make pancakes or french toast for breakfast? Then their help can be enlisted, because the recipes are simple enough for them to do with a minimum of supervision.

CISV holds annual summer camp

“HELLO! I am a participant of Pay It Forward Xi’an CISV Summer Camp. I got lost in your city and I need your help. Can you send me to this address:

Xi’an Comprehensive Practice Base for Primary and Middle School, No. 1 West Street of Luan Zhen, Chang’an District, Xi’an. The emergency contact people: Song Wei, Yang Ying and Liang Chunju. Thank you very much!”

Team High Altitude scores at Century Tuna 5150

By Nana Arellano-Aoyong

REMEMBER the three different abled men who made amazing performances during the recent Century Tuna 5150 in Subic Bay last June 24, 2012? They placed second in the Men’s Relay category despite being disabled and made a mark in our hearts that it is not impossible to triumph over our own obstacles and fears. The team’s win was not the only surprising victory during this triathlon. Team High Altitude from Baguio got a surprise of a lifetime as well.

Cobcobo: More salon expert tips

1. If you have limited time or budget to have regular hair treatments in the salon, you can buy special oils in the salon which can serve as treatment and protection for your hair like L’Oreal’s mythic oil, you can use it at home or anywhere and anytime.

2. If you are afraid of having a full head color, you can try having highlights or semi permanent color so you will have an idea on what effect a color can do to your look.

Baguio Country Club conducts fire brigade training

JUST recently, the Baguio Country Club acquired its very own brand new fire truck to not only serve its establishment, but as a multiplier support for the city and the nearby neighboring municipalities of Benguet in times of disasters and calamities.

BCC's Health and Safety officer Leonard Cancio, together with representatives of the Baguio City Red Cross and the Cordillera Bureau of Fire Protection unit, spearheaded a three week course on basic life support, first aid and fire brigade training of some 450 BCC employees which ended August 17.

Clubs and organizations: Connecting with people

WHO runs the world? Women? Men? Is it the powerful, the rich, the beautiful or the strong? Everybody is involved in the world. John Donne said, “No man is an island.” We belong to a family, a group, a unit. We are not alone and we don’t own the world.

Getting involved in the world is to be closer to people, be a part of their lives, dreams, goals towards progress and development. Every individual’s strength, effort and energy combine to make a small world of people caring, helping, living with a common purpose.

Leaf Cookery and Regional Cooking

LEAF cookery has been with cooks for quite a long time. The greeks have grape leaves with rice and raisins, the americans have cabbage leaves with rice and ground beef or pork, and the pinoys have taro leaves with taro and its leaves, the leaves wrapping up all sort of goodies. the wrapped goodies may be shrimps, bits of fish, dried or fresh, bits of pork or chicken and actually anything you can think of. the beauty of leaf cookery is such that nothing is wasted, but then again in the markets of baguio the leaves of the taro (gabi) are more expensive than the stalks.

RH Bill and the freedom of choice

“JUNK THE SATANIC RH BILL.” These were the words printed in capital letters painted on the left wall top view of a huge building near a convent. Whenever I ride a jeep and it stops in that area, my fellow passengers cannot avoid reading it and start a heated discussion.

New ingredient in fighting dengue

THERE is a new ingredient in the fight against dengue.

The City Health Department has been searching for more environment friendly ways by which to control the spread of mosquitoes particularly in schools and dengue high risk areas in Baguio.

The GM’s first Cup

AFTER months in the planning stage, the first GM's cup rolled on smoothly despite the late morning and early afternoon rains at the Camp Dangwa Firing Range with no less than Baguio Country Club General Manager Anthony De Leon and Cordilleras Finest head Police Regional Office Cordillera Chief Superintendent Benjamin Magalong, leading the opening ceremonies July 28-29.

Cobcobo: More beauty tips

HERE are some tips that were based from my experiences at our salons:

Rainy day foods

WHAT is nicer on a rainy day than to come out of the pouring rain into the house to a bowl of hot soup? Nothing. That’s the best. The utter best. Although these days the array of packaged soups on the grocery shelves seem to be endless, it would be so wonderful if we can give our family a rich homemade soup/stock or broth with a sandwich or with hot rice.

Local stove innovation gets Tabuk LGU support

TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- The Tabuk City Government has thrown its full support behind the termite mound stove project of researchers from the Kalinga Apayao State College (KASC).

Mayor Ferdinand Tubban told the researchers when he was recognized by the local government unit (LGU) with plaques of merit and recognition on July 30 that he will meet with them to discuss how the LGU could assist in the production of the stoves.

Storms... its effect on humanity

IT WAS a stormy day. Standing near the window, on the highest floor of the house, looking and shivering I watched very closely how the storm of strong rainwater, heavy downpours from the heavens galloping fast flashing and flowing on the grounds. It overflows some paths and pavements. Immediately I can foreshadow danger. Negative thoughts came out from my mind, what if the trees around us can’t hold the water anymore, what if the soil cannot hold on and landslides may occur, what will happen to us? Very anxious, I slowly closed my eyes and prayed for God’s protection.

Baklava

BAKLAVA is known to be one of the best desserts in the whole world. Not to mention the mochi ice cream of Japan, the churros of Spain, gelato of Italy, galub jamun of India, apple pie of the U. S. and the maple taffy of Canada and others. Baklava is a Turkish dessert which is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts such as pistachio, walnuts, almond and nutmeg and is sweetened with syrup and honey.

Cobcobo: More hair tips

I HOPE these are helpful tips.

Hair care doesn't end at the salon. It continues up to your home and anywhere you go. After having treatments like rebonding, perming, coloring and other treatments, it's best to do the following:

Ramadan: Bringing ourselves closer to God

WE LIVE for a reason. All things, may it be animate or inanimate, have their purpose. But there are times we don’t follow the purpose that God wants for us. Sometimes, we engage ourselves in situations not pleasing in the eyes of God and men. We divulge in activities that destroy our values, virtues and the essence of our very own existence. Years pass and time flies and we have to repent for our sins.

Regional cookery

DURING the rainy season, we see in the market a plethora of leaves. Malungay leaves, ampalaya leaves, sitaw leaves, camote leaves, sili leaves, squash leaves and flowers, gabi leaves, all the leaves of all the (what Baguio residents call ) lowland veggies.

While technically, the dinengdeng, or the inabraw is a mix of leaves and fruit, meaning the veggies, The definition of the dinengdeng is...

Drug prevention and education symposium

ENGAGING in drugs, bullying, smoking and aggressive behaviors are some major problems schools encounter at the present time. The school cannot solve these problems without the cooperation of our law enforcers.

The Philippine National Police is one government agency that coordinates with both private and public schools to help decrease delinquency among the youth today.