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 ...
Palaro preparation is of great consequence
By Anthony A. Araos Ifugao garnered 24 gold, 47 silver and 60 bronze medals at the last Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (CARAA) Meet in La Trinidad, Benguet. It’s time ...
Violent nation
By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Like everyone else for the past week, I have been trying to read or watch about the war between the United States and Israel against ...
To heal or not to heal
By Danilo P. Padua, PhD The on-going dilemma of FPRRD at the International Criminal Court had caused deep polarization in our society. One is either in the white corner or ...
A Rolls Royce
By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas When it was announced through the media that Pio Velasco of the Igorot Kingdom fame bought the Rolls Royce of the Discayas at P29 million, ...
A timely school building plan
By Anthony A. Araos While new school buildings have been sitting the landscape rapidly over the years in northern Luzon provinces, only a few were constructed in Ifugao. Why the ...
Firm resolve
By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas It was in 1976 when I was still in college in Laguna. I was staying then in the yoga house and there was an older ...
Urgent need for an independent student assessment body for basic education (Part of a series)
By Estanislao Albano, Jr. (Note: This is a still to be filed petition to the Senate and/or House of Representatives seeking the enactment of a law creating an independent student ...
40 years past
By Jan Vicente B. Pekas For a lot of youths like me, EDSA was something only seen through texts, pictures, and the grainy videos of a time long gone. It ...
Celebrate Palarong Pambansa in Baguio and Benguet
By Anthony A. Araos The time will surely come, when Baguio City and Benguet province are to jointly host the Palarong Pambansa (National Games), one of the nation’s biggest sports ...
Thoughts from Hanoi
By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Friday the 13th. That’s the date that my wife and I were to book our flight to Hanoi, Vietnam. That was the date suggested by ...
Graduation rites
By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas During my elementary days, graduation rites were done with great pomp and pageantry. We practiced our parts of the program for weeks and weeks, whether ...
Letter to Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara calling out the DepEd’s mass promotion practice (Last of a series)
By Estanislao Albano, Jr. The pathetic absurdity already has a precedent. For more than two decades now, thanks to the DepEd officials who plotted to introduce mass promotion to the ...
Athletes Village
By Anthony A. Araos Wangal is the center of virtually so many important things in La Trinidad town of Benguet. It is the site for the colorful and elaborate opening ...
You be the judge
By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas For me to be able to work on a computer, I have to increase the font size in documents to 14 points and the letters ...
Hopeless romantic
By Jan Vicente B. Pekas A hopeless romantic is an imaginative person. Music flows in the air when love is in sight. While the melody smoothly flows and sway along ...
