April 30, 2026

Opinion

Harampang

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Harampang. Yes, you are reading it right. The word does not start with a letter G. A Waray word, harampang means ,” to meet, converse ...

Immersion in exploited communities

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Community immersion was an activity for our previous semester that I looked forward to the most. More than the accomplishment of our thesis or any ...

One lazy afternoon

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas It was a lazy mid-afternoon the other day. My wife fetched me at the dialysis center although I could have gone back to the office ...

Better deal for non-teaching personnel

By Anthony A. Araos Who is this school figure you would still remember in your student days? Very likely you would say it’s the teacher and you would be drawn ...

The good things about hard times

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas I would like to quote the reaction of one of our readers, Dr. Rafael Barroso, who is a long-time friend since our college days in ...

Big things

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Among all the tests and requirements that make lives harder for students, it gets easy to be sucked in our own worlds and get hyper ...

What a difference a coop make

By Anthony A. Araos I almost missed this two-day activity for cooperatives in Ifugao. Held at the new provincial capitol building in Lagawe, it handled concerns in governance and management ...

Heart, harvest and harmony

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Heart, harvest and harmony. These three words are part of a catchy theme of the 2026 Strawberry Festival. Add the word limitless, which hints of ...

Common people

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Upon dismissal for our classes this semester, darkness envelops the streets as we get out of school gate. The same old view of students both ...

Each to his own remedy

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas With the sky-high prices of everything, everybody has to search for survival tricks in their bags. But just like everything else, some are being hit ...

Lagawe MSWDO deeds to translate in time

By Anthony A. Araos Expectedly, a large crowd gathered recently for the annual Women’s Month Celebration in Lagawe. Attendance was placed at about 700. Folks will be watching how women ...

The coming difficulties

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas All the things I heard from pundits all over the world, point to difficulties we all have to suffer from due to the US- Iran ...

Drivers

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Jeepneys that circle around town are a godsend when the sun is too intense or when your feet are beyond hurting. After school, when the ...

Unholy Week

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas For most Filipinos, the Holy Week largely served as a significant time of choosing something relevant related to their spiritual lives. There are a lot ...

How to save and make the world smell good

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas I wrote the other week about biofuels but due to illnesses I had been contending with the past many months, rather years, I forgot a ...

The oil crisis and its impact on our food security

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD The current turmoil in the Middle East had resulted to unparalleled increases in international oil prices making lives very difficult in most oil-importing nations like ...

Front lines

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Lines along jeepney stations have always been a staple in Baguio City. Come late noon and early evening, the snake-like “pila” for jeepneys cover sidewalks ...

How are you? (Grandma)

By Shawn Marc Carreon I saw your smile again, Even if I saw it countless of times, I searched for it, Even if pain was by my side. I hope ...

Women farmers are trapped in low productivity

By Anthony A. Araos Whether they are in rice terraces or vegetable gardens, women farmers are surely serving as driving force behind the avowed goal of developing agriculture in the ...

Panagbenga 2026

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Compared to most known festivals in the Philippines such as the Sinulog, Ati-Arihan,and Dinagyang, Panagbenga is a babe. Yet, it is now ranked as one ...