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 ...
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 ...
On a gloomy day
By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas If you are feeling down, do something you love doing to perk you up. So I opted to write something about cars which is ironic ...
Late night eats
By Jan Vicente B. Pekas In recent years, we have started to see smaller establishments near our home. There are more sari-sari stores than before, and we even have a ...
PH decision on mass promotion should be guided by private schools, Vietnam
By Estanislao Albano, Jr. As the Department of Education (DepEd) grapples with the consequence of its two-decade experiment with the “no retention” or “mass promotion” practice after the Second Congressional ...
Build a school building for learners, not for politicians
By Anthony A. Araos There is an ambitious plan of the Department of Education (DepEd) to construct a number of school buildings in Ifugao. I already discussed this matter in ...
Alternative fuels and our primitive ways
By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Now that vehicles have to fall in line to get gas or diesel fuel, we are forced to recall our stupidity as a nation. For ...
DepEd’s mass promotion practice deliberate, sinister
By Estanislao Albano, Jr. In an obvious attempt to deflect blame, in an interview on February 3, 2026, Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara insisted that the policies perceived to be ...
