Opinion

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas I know somebody who is receiving a pension of more than a hundred grand a month. He is making good use of it, not just ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas One of the worst combinations to start off a child’s new year will always be the first day of classes and an extremely cold January ...

By Estanislao C. Albano Jr. It is implied in RA No. 7165, the law creating the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) in 1991, that at that time, the then Department of ...

By Anthony A. Araos True to form, civil society organization leader Victor Sampayan made young learners jubilant at the just-concluded Christmas and New Year party of the Malalupa Elementary School ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD President-elect Donald Trump of the U.S. has an avowed policy that is unsettling to many TNT Filipinos in America that number about 350,000 according to ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas It is now our 30th year of coming up and dishing out the news in this region-- the way it should be, the good, the ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Like all good books, a story has its final page. And eventually, the words which have kept us invested and following along comes to a ...

By Anthony A. Araos Not being an Ifugao, (I’ll never be one), I had to look up exactly what a “successful businessman” means in this poverty-stricken province. Here’s what I ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas It could have been easier if I just wrote today’s editorial based on economic and political realities. For their effects on our lives are very ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Last Dec 20, I travelled to Manila for some meeting. When I arrived at around 8 o’clock in the morning at the Cubao terminal of ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas One after another, this season has already provided everyone with the much-needed respite and days of joy. The only kind of happiness left that can ...

By Estanislao C. Albano Jr. In 2006, then Education Secretary Jesli Lapus already saw the writing on the wall on the reading abilities of Filipino schoolchildren. He wrote in the ...

By Anthony A. Araos True to form, civil society organization leader Victor Sampayan made young learners jubilant at the just-concluded Christmas and New Year party of the Malalupa Elementary School ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD The 2025 national budget is a subject of a lot of brickbats from so many critics including a former Senate President, and former government officials ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Those years are election years. Politicians will need tons and tons of money. The national budget reflects this. In no time it will be signed ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas There are many things to look forward to this month alone. For students, the much-needed vacation. For employees their 13th month pay. The drinks to ...

By Estanislao Albano, Jr. Without our private schools, the country would do even worse in international student assessments as public schools consistently miss the average score while private schools exceed ...

By Anthony A. Araos There should an accomplished local official knock if not at the door or the House of Representatives through which Congress infuses more funds for vital initiatives ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Leave the science people to their devises and they will come up with something great. Just be supportive but remain in the background. Interference would ...

By Jan Vicente  B. Pekas Too much of tranquility can drive anyone mad. But in between hectic moments, these boring days are just what anyone needs. Instead of worrying about ...