Gueco: Mabalacat City
RISING from the shade of the balacat (fourth class timber) trees, this sacred land opened the gateway to a simple, straightforward and easy way of life during the Philippine olden times.
Sison: Tarlac solon pushes for pre-hospital emergency care
REPRESENTATIVE Susan Yap today defended before the House Appropriations Committee the Substitute Bill institutionalizing the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Act of 2012. Providing emergency medical service by the government is very crucial as it helps avert possible health complications when...
Limlingan: Minalin versus San Simon
IT LOOKS like there’s a tug-of-war between two municipalities over their respective boundaries -- Minalin versus San Simon are two contenders in the so-called game.
Pangan: Figures Don't Lie
FIGURES may not necessarily lie, especially if quoted in real terms and if the source if credible and unimpeachable.
Whatever the pronouncements from Malacañang are, more Filipinos are getting hungry every day and as based on the latest Social Weather Station (SWS), some 4.5 million...
Peña: Here We Go Again
WE HAVE not fully recovered from typhoon Sendong, and here we are faced with another disaster. A magnitude 6.9 Earthquake hit Negros Oriental last February 06 and caused widespread devastation. As of February 09, there were 26 confirmed dead, 52 injured and 71 missing according to NDRRMC.
...Limlingan: Paging ALE
THE International Labor Organization has reported recently that Philippine workers were among the most affected by the world economic crisis and has expressed concern over the “extremely high risk of low pay” in the country.
Tantingco: The Other Side of Kapampangans
THE Kapampangan farmers of Hacienda Luisita who fought tooth and nail to own the land that they and their ancestors have tilled for centuries are only being true to their nature: Kapampangans were, are and will always be… rebels.
Huh?!
Weren’t Kapampangans the Spaniards’ best...
Mercado: Lundagin mo baby
THE majority of our countrymen (ang masang Filipino) are excited about, if not crazy, over tales of love and romance.
Pangan: Some lessons learned
MUCH has been commented on and written about the ongoing impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Lawyers and laymen alike must have learned lessons from it, if not on trial techniques, but of the impact of the presentations of the prosecution and the defense.
Sapnu: Riders-in-tandem strike again in CSF
DAHIL siguro sa pagkawala o sa madaling salita, paghinto ng pagsasagawa ng mga PNP Checkpoints sa mga strategic places sa City of San Fernando ay umatake na naman ang mga riders-in-tandem.
Noong Miyerkules dakong 9:30 ng gabi, inatake ng riders-in-tandem ang dalawang katao sakay ng isang...
Pangan: The governor in reaction
Ing malilio balamu e minum Cortal Antasang nanuya pa pikatalkatal Ketang pali ning kayang dilang menggatal Pati’y Nanay Baby ikua nang mekintal
Keng casbu ning makitalakayang mental Pemindang ne ing ena kalabang mortal Nganing gobernadorang mengaplas batal...
Editorial: Reycat's radar
AS BUSY as the real one that is helping planes land and take off at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, the one by Reynaldo Catacutan, the implacable vice president of the Clark International Airport, is clearly focused on one target: the one a notch above him.
Sison: Protecting nurses' volunteerism in public, private hospitals
A MEASURE prohibiting the exploitative "volunteerism" of nurses both in public and private hospitals and health care facilities was filed at the House of Representatives.
House Bill 5641, principally authored by Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus, seeks to put a stop to the unscrupulous practice...
Limlingan: Lapid’s Committee
WHO says Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid is chair of the Senate’s Committee on Silence?
Pangan: Belaboring Labor
UNEMPLOYMENT concerns are in almost government and business agenda, not only on a national scale but also globally.
The news report (Philippine Daily Inquirer issue of January 30, 2012 by Rommel W. Domingo) that the International Labor Organization (ILO) has been putting attention on...
Peña: Pushcart Boys
IN TODAY’S high-tech society, we still see the pushcart boys (and girls) roaming our streets buying everything from bote-dyaryo to garapa. This informal collection system for recyclable materials is still very much at work. In fact, each junkshop has its own network of kariton collectors in...
Cortez: Jesus the Healer
AMONG other things, the gospel in the first chapter of Mark depicts Jesus as a healing God. But why would a big, all-powerful God who created the vast universe take time and attention to heal man?
First, because our God is a God of love. 1 Corinthians 13 teaches us that love is patient...
Mercado: Aring Sinukwan
TWO tourist destinations are now in the active list of foreign and domestic visitors.
Sison: Pag-Ibig, NBI to Continue Helping Globe Asiatique Double Sale Victims – VP Binay
VICE President Jejomar C. Binay said the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will continue to assist double sale victims of the Xevera Project in Mabalacat as well as victims of other projects involving Globe Asiatique (GA) and Delfin Lee.
...Limlingan: Pelco 1's (Another) Proof of Excellence
OF ALL the power cooperatives I know, I deeply admire the management of the Pampanga Electric Cooperative 1 (Pelco 1) for bagging not just one or two awards for various achievements in different fields for the past years.
Tantingco: The Ciniong in Apu Ceto
TRUST Kapampangans to go to any lengths to please their prelates.
These people who call their priests "among" (from "amo," master), and would elect one as their governor, now have come up with a tribute for their archbishop that even an emperor or a celebrity would envy.
Last...
Gueco: First Editor
MEA culpa.
In my column last Sunday, I made an erratum.
Garcia: Nung Pilpyaru ka Kanita at Pengari na ka Naman Ngeni
“SASALAMIN mu naman ing tiru da reng pengari mu; Isalamin da naman iti ring sablang asupling mu. Gulisak ka ma’t mangangis, tumulu ing lwa at pawas, pulisan mu ma’t kumkuman, panamdaman mu rin ing kaplas.”
-- Miguel Serrano, ‘Salamin”, Sunis 6
“Pauli ning ing...
Limlingan: How How the Carabao
CARABAO owners in Candaba town are urging local officials to promote the use of this beast in their farming activities.
When I was a kid, I used to live in the countryside known as the "baryo". The baryo is a typical community where "bahay kubos, kahit munti" thrive. The air is so fresh...
Pangan: Tongue-tied
THE clamor to adopt the mother tongue in the classrooms for pupils starting school year 2012-2013 may not be unfounded after all, since its promoters believe the method of instruction to the young school children is expected to be relatively easy, considering the kids' familiarity with their...
