Opinion

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Over dinner last night, I overheard my son who was to submit today his first internship article. It is a news item he has yet ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD During the first quarter of this 2026, Congressman Eric Yap filed House Bill 8405-An act establishing a vegetable processing plant in the province of Benguet ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas In recent days, some senators have pushed for the possibility of online voting. To allow a certain senator to do his “work” online and continue ...

By Sophia Angeline G. Delantero I lived for eleven exact years without the proper and constant presence of my mother, who works until now in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Never have ...

By Anthony A. Araos It can’t be denied that the leaders of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) organizations in Ifugao are behind the success of holding annual “Migrants Day” program celebrations ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Like so many others, me and my older sister on my mother side were born in Besao, Mountain Province. We both finished elementary in the ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas This past week, I came across a post on social media that made me stop for a moment. It was about Benguet farmers selling their ...

By Anthony A. Araos Extraordinary commitment and service to the people is the best description of the performance of Barangay Poblacion North council officials. In the post-fiesta period, they have ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD I have always enjoyed watching practically all sports games, live or on TV, especially those involving Pinoy athletes. It’s some sort of a hobby for ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas We are so short handed I am often the only one to lay the issue of this paper to bed. And considering my highly compromised ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Moving quick and efficiently are both what we expect of our government. To walk into public institutions and expect the best. It is the reason ...

By Anthony A. Araos Going things with clear boundaries is an important strategy to improve the quality of services being delivered to the people. This is a scaled-up narrative of ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas If you are employed by the government or a government owned or controlled corporation, there are two things you should be prepared for. You should ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Online advertisements have always been a hassle. When you are on the internet, they are not something you can avoid but an inevitable obstacle you ...

By Anthony A. Araos Olilicon is one of the most impoverished villages in Ifugao. Saying that this remote barangay ever still existed in the government’s mind is absolutely the most ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Anybody who grew up in this country knows how inefficient and corrupt government is. And also government controlled corporations. When there was not much money ...

By Anthony A. Araos In response to the challenges faced by folks from the unemployment problem, municipal governments (even the provincial government) in Ifugao have usually resorted to conducting job ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...