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By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Why are Jews the richest people in the world and reputed to be the ones who can beat the Chinese when it comes to business? I think I found the answer. I once had a friend more than 30 years ago who was from Israel. He was a Jew. I don’t know where he is […]

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Like it or not, Adivay is now soaring, albeit not that high yet, like the proverbial eagle. The location where most of the activities are done is quite almost next to the ideal. Activities are better managed this time, compared to the previous ones. Visitors are coming in droves-but mostly local, meaning from the Benguet-Baguio […]

By Shawn Marc B. Carreon Away from the embrace, we set out on our own pace, Our hearts brace as it is lit ablaze, The sparks of ember each one a tear, As the gust of wind wipes our tears. A belonging place where faces remain, Embraced with memories, each one still remains. The sun shines as the wind’s dance […]

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Sports entertainment has benefited greatly from the advances in technology. As fans of certain sports, we can watch the greatest players who have ever played the game through a television screen live, while they perform oceans and continents away from us. But that does not matter, we cheer our hearts out. We share in their […]

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD This year, 2023, na one-two-three tayo ng Adivay. It is not of course the spiteful type. It is actually the festive kind. It took only one year after hibernating for two years, for Adivay to march gleefully on. There is no doubt about that. It is now fully standing on its own sturdy feet. It […]

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas It is again the season of festivals. Ongoing right now is the Adivay festival of Benguet which will culminate in the commemoration of its foundation day on November 23. Just passed was the festival of festivals where the different provinces of the Cordillera except Abra were showcased their festivities and traditions in Baguio City. Coming […]

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Life moves fast, and it moves too quick. Contrary to a slow behemoth, a gigantic worth of work does not burden life to slow down, it floats seamlessly as if the weight of responsibilities felt by a person is non existent as life moves forward. It moves only ever forward. In our quest to find […]

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas The several opportunities that come our way in life can present to us either a great momentum to progress or a hard obstacle that drives us backward. It is always a bitter experience to take 1 step forward and take 3 steps back. Frustration have most often been a great demoralizer in life. A blindfold […]

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD This month of November was declared as a rice awareness month in the Philippines. Be rice-ponsible. That’s the call of people passionately involved in the rice industry. Especially from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PHILRICE) who coined the phrase. According to statistics, every Filipino is wasting at least 2 spoonfuls of rice daily translating to […]

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Within a day or two, after his appointment as DA secretary, Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. started revamping that department. He shuffled senior officers, filled a vacant senior position and started occupying an office previously assiged to a senior undersecretary. The speed he acted revealed he means business. Not anymore lackadaisical the way the President was. […]