There’s an on-going war between surveys in so far as the forthcoming 2010 election is concerned. So heated are the debates between ardent supporters of candidates, especially among supporters of Noynoy Aquino and Gibo Teodoro, that one commenter likened it to a boxing match. Aquino is leading in the Pulse Asia’s October survey and the [...]

I have become wary of products made in China with the spate of recent news about product contamination – melamine in infant formula that affected 40,000 Chinese babies, melamine in animal feed that showed up in eggs, melamine in White Rabbit candy. But similar issues were already in the news even in previous years. The [...]

Any town in the country that was under the Spaniards bear a typical feature: the Catholic Church and the municipio (town hall) are constructed so near each other, in most cases, facing each other. This set-up probably facilitated the running of the town by the Spanish friar and the capitan municipal, prior to the separation [...]

Unknown to many residents, the Barangay Demo Farm in Labnig, San Juan, Ilocos Sur is quietly and gradually gaining prominence as a major flagship project of Gov. DV Savellano. Covering more than 20 hectares, the farm is home to livestock being raised by the provincial government for its livestock dispersal program (cows, native pigs, goats, [...]