Our 6-year program for rice industry
IN the incoming year, we hope to see a substantial government effort to increase rice production in the country. There have been “short-term improvements in palay production,” according to…
Sandiganbayan acquits PSC chairman of graft charge
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William I. Ramirez has been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division of…
A family Christmas
BY FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR Merry Christmas to all my readers and to the rest of the Filipino nation! My family and I wish everyone a…
Abueva gets contract extension, glowing words from PBA chief
By JONAS TERRADO Commissioner Willie Marcial lauded Calvin Abueva for the way the Phoenix Super LPG star conducted himself during his comeback from a 16-month suspension.…
UAAP donates relief goods to 390 families in QC, Rizal
By Kristel Satumbaga Instead of holding a virtual Christmas party, the UAAP Board of Managing Directors decided to donate more than P200,000 worth of…
Back to face-to-face public school classes
THIS has been a very difficult time for the nation’s public school students and the Department of Education (DepEd), like everything else in the national life. The COVID-19 pandemic…
Feed 1, or 2
BY JULLIE Y. DAZA The next pandemic is knocking at our stomachs. Hunger. While those of us who can afford to buy a newspaper will be waiting…
Online caroling
BY ALEX CALLEJA Ang column na ito ay ginawa para sa mga taong may suliranin sa buhay na gusto ng agarang solusyon! Walang maliit o malaking problema,…
Police officer relieved for defending Tarlac shooting
The chief of police of Bato Municipal Police Station in Catanduanes was sacked from his post for reportedly posting insensitive comments that were perceived to be justifying the cold-bloodied…
‘Crazy cop’
By GENALYN KABILING President Duterte may beat up some people but never shoots them like the deranged cop did in the Tarlac murders. The President made the candid admission…
DoJ: 4 suspects in ex-CA justice’s slay identified
By JEFFREY DAMICOG, REY PANALIGAN Four suspects in the killing of retired Court of Appeals (CA) Justice Normandie Pizarro have been identified by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI),…
Intel cop slain in front of Negros town mayor
By GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – A police intelligence officer was gunned down by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in front of the town mayor at the Reclamation area in Barangay 1-Poblacion,…
NPA linked to couple’s murder
Communist rebels operating in Negros Island may have ordered the killing of Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan and her husband Edwin for disowning the New People’s Army (NPA) when she was…
Digong to pursue firecracker ban
Firecracker manufacturers might want to look for another source of livelihood amid government plans to ban these dangerous items for the sake of public safety and health, President…
