Bautista: EL REY (The King)
FREQUENT trips here and abroad with my dad were something I have always looked forward to, even as a child. Driving to Sagada, or Legazpi was such a thrill and an adventure. Tagging along in his many meetings and conventions as a “saling pusa” or so I thought was pleasurable. He would involve me...
Carino: How Swardspeak started, truli-ly
THE above title is what became of the title of a piece I originally called “Swardspeak: Some Etymology.” It was about, precisely, the etymology of what has come to be called Gayspeak, a language we all use at one point of time or other. Think bading, which rhymes with charing, and is so much...
Cayading: Parents, give importance to your kid’s feeling!
MARGARET Thatcher, former prime minister of England, once said: “One of the great problems of our age is that we’re governed by people who care more about feelings more than they do about thoughts and ideas.” Well, it is equally accurate to say that “one of the greatest problems of our age is...
Dumaguing: Fast facts about cervical cancer
WE ARE delighted to inform our dear readers that we have been getting a lot of texts and calls from different sectors of the community requesting for a certain disease or a problematic medical issue to be discussed in a manner easily understood by Juan and Juana de la Cruz.
A group of...
Del Rosario: Christian leadership
LAST Jan. 24, I was privileged to have been invited as the guest speaker by the Bankers Institute of the Philippines (BAIPHIL) at the ballroom of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. I was asked to talk about “Christian Leadership in the Workplace.”
Padilla: Donaire wins, para-gamer Ancheta scores, Kennon global run set
OUR heartwarming congratulations to Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. Last Sunday, he successfully fashioned out a split majority decision against Puerto Rican Wilfredo Vasquez to capture the vacant WBA superbantamweight championship title for his fourth boxing weight division crown held...
Bennett: Session Café
SESSION Café and Restaurant was Chinese- Filipino restaurant located at the corner of Felipe Calderon Street and Session Road from July 23, 1953 to 1985.
The restaurant was established and owned by 33-years-old Baguio born Jaime T. Tong. For more than 32 years of operation, the business...
Balweg: The Cartoon is not just a Cartoon
TWO Saturdays ago, the cartoon page of this paper hit the nail on the head in its depiction. (Double salute to cartoonist Rey Somera!) For in the heart of tribal conflicts in the Cordilleras, among others, is land dispute. There are disputes within a tribe and there are disputes between tribes...
Speak Out: Are you motivated?
COUPLES say motivation is the process of arousing both each highest satisfaction. Doctors say motivation is the process of eliciting knowledge and procedure to cure patient. Yet politicians say motivation is acquiring more projects for community development.
Baquirin: Call for hope
“Kay tagal kong pinag-aralan
ang puno’t dulo ng digmaan
sa dulo’t naunawaan
na ang pagiging babae
ay walang katapusang pakikibaka
para mabuhay at maging malaya. (Joi Barrios)
Llanes: The Maryknoll teachings
Tomorrow, Feb. 11, 2012, the Maryknoll Convent School-Marishan School here in Baguio City will mark its centennial celebration and homecoming at the Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary. The highlight of the event will be the 3pm mass to be led by Baguio Vicariate Bishop Carlito Cenzon followed by...
Sungduan: OJT
GRADUATING Communication Arts and Journalism students in the locality will now have more opportunity to experience being real media practitioners and will even have bigger chance to land in employment by way of referrals right after their graduation. This is through the Philippine News Agency’s...
Macasinag: City High gets physical
THERE’S so much life ahead of us. Male or female, single or with a partner, there's lots you can do, and enjoy. This idea is what teachers and employees of Baguio City National High School propose through their weekly physical activity “Hataw”.
Bayan: Happy Panagbenga and Search for Huwarang Pamilya 2012
FEBRUARY 1 marked the opening of the most prestigious festive event of the City of Baguio, the 2012 Panagbenga. The grandeur annual staging of the Panagbenga every February of the year has earned the City of Baguio prestige in the tourism industry as such event can draw thousands and thousands...
Cajucom: Feast to warm the heart
WE ARE experiencing a cruel kind of cold these past few days, with the coldest recorded temp over the weekend at 10 degrees. I am not one to complain about cold weather because I ‘heart’ bed weather, but we are literally going through a crazy one this past week – with cool air and warm sunshine...
Speak Out: The encounters of a foreign student
EXPERIENCES are like shadows, we try to leave them behind but they keep on following us and they form part of what we become in future. Just like any other person, I’ve had so many experiences but one of the greatest of them all is my education in the Philippines. I came to the Philippines on...
Speak Out: Saving Mother Earth - Whose responsibility?
EVERY person in our modern society is perhaps aware of what is happening to our planet earth – the calamities, the changes in the world’s climate, global warming, and numerous others. Indeed, technological developments have made sure that everyone plugged to the television or the internet is...
Calinao: Vaya con Dios
A FAMOUS Spanish saying that may be translated in English as, “go with God” or “God Speed.”
More often than not, this phrase is used as a warm “goodbye” or “farewell.”
Truth is, “goodbyes” never come easy, but they may also be temporary in nature. This is the major reason why the...
Lleva: Teachers encounter with learners
LEARNING means a change in thinking, a change in feeling, a change in behavior. The change takes place in the mind, in the emotions and in the will.
Students step into a classroom on the first day of classes frozen in awe and wait in silence for the subject teacher or the adviser. The...
Speak out: Students and teachers, let’s aim high
THE National Achievement Test (NAT) is so near to be conducted both in the secondary and elementary level for school year 2011–2012.
Who is the great hero for today’s national and international sports? How did he become a hero for boxing? Pacman had started from lower level competition...
LaMaria: The Philippine Red Cross volunteer
IT IS the policy of the Philippine Red Cross Blood Services (PNBS) that donors of whole blood may normally donate every 12 weeks. Thus, we should know how often should a donor visit the PRC Blood Services Office.
FREQUENCY OF DONATION
In special circumstances (i.e. a patient...
Domoguen: Grassroots agricultural extension system in the region “dis-eased”
IF YOU will, please excuse the language and expression employed in the writing of this article that seeks out attention and appeals for better cooperation in the way we feed each other with good food and in making sure the next generation will continue doing the same. Meanwhile our “dis-eased”...
Gutierrez: A house divided
IT IS THREE nights before Day Zero. She slips in quietly and unnoticed through the front door. As the lock clicks behind her, she sees him on the farthest end of room – under the light of his desk lamp, his back facing her. “Mahal, kumain ka na?” She whispers to herself. “Hindi pa,” her own...
Brett: Money talks
OKAY, so it is Cupid's month hence I'm going to write about 'love'. I couldn't help but have this endless fit of giggles when I came across a friend's status on ubiquitous Facebook that had reference to "Bilimokonun" girls -- gold diggers, to put it bluntly. I had to re-read the word to really...
Luzano: Basura manen
KAANUNTO ngata a maungpot ti kalbaryo iti basura ditoy siyudad ti Baguio? Awan sungbatna kadagitoy a panawen. Kaasi piman dagiti agtawid iti bangsit. Adda met ngamin kano dagiti gannuat ngem adu ti kontrabida. Kasano ngarud masolbar? Siguro, ipantayo met idiay senado bareng sumikattayo pay...
