The village idiot

BY LUIS BUENAFLOR JR. IT’S OFFICIAL: Noynoy Aquino is an idiot who is not aware of anything happening during his watch as President of the...

Knowledge based economy (Part 2)

BY IKE SEÑERES MANY of the original Disk Operating System (DOS) users before were so impressed when the Windows operating system came out, only to...

Graciano

BY RUNJI ROCIO JAMOLO GINAPALANGGA nga Graciano Lopez-Jaena, Sa panamyaw pa lang daw indi ako takus sa pagpahayag.  Ugaling ina ang nasahuan kag sibilisado nga panamyaw...

Love in the time of Bacunaua

BY PETER SOLIS NERY XXXII. Bakunawa He told her his secret. But he said it so straightforwardly that she never believed it. Oh, how we like...

Passion to help rice farmers in Negros

BY JULIO P. YAP JR. IN 2007, a young student was able to earn his BS Agricultural Extension degree from the Central Philippine State University...

Patronage politics, power play, wealth ascendancy

BY OSCAR CRUZ WITH THE Philippines particularly in mind, the administration of justice – be this commutative (person to person), contributive (person to society), or...

Building resilience

AS TROPICAL storm “Urduja” intensified yesterday, heavy rains and rough seas stranded thousands in Bicol, Eastern and Western Visayas regions. Landslides and flooding were...

Tracing the footsteps of Graciano Lopez Jaena

BY HERBERT VEGO THE OTHER day, I purposely went to Jaro Plaza to verify whether Mayor Jose Espinosa III had complied with his promise to...

EDITORIAL

Ready all the time TROPICAL storm Urduja is primarily pummeling Eastern Visayas but Northern Iloilo, Capiz and Aklan in Western Visayas are affected too, according...

NO FILTER

BY RHICK LARS VLADIMER ALBAY The perfect ‘handmade, heartmade’ gift this Christmas “AN OLD slipper has been floating around. A fisherman throws used rope out of...