September 11, 2022
ONE dreary day in the highlands year ago, the regular covering team for Benguet got stuck in the municipal building for a day. Call it a marathon coverage for an issue we wanted to be in the know coupled with the desire to stay indoors as rains fell harder by the hour, we found ourselves […]
September 3, 2022
THE FAMOUS list of the “You know you are from Baguio if” spread like wildfire through the internet years ago, I do not know who to attribute the list to but, of course, insanely thankful to its author as it offered a nostalgic backtrack for most of us. This new list, patterned to the original, […]
August 28, 2022
There shortages looming which promise to cripple whatever hopes of growth we have. The impending sugar shortage whether staged or natural has had soda companies complaining of difficulty sourcing out the commodity. So say goodbye to your favorite soda, not that this is a bad thing, it being pointed as the cause of obesity, it […]
August 20, 2022
The assurance of survival came after two rounds of the China-manufactured vaccine, coupled with another two doses of an American brand, enabling one to surge unto the world with a renewed hope to stay alive. Midway into the pandemic, restrictions eased and life slowly went back to the old normal, trying to replicate the lives […]
August 13, 2022
Maharlika, a word related to nobility, being of high class or of great character, it is also related to all those excellent, fine, splendid and magnificent. To Baguio, It was the city’s first mall if you could call it that. I remember people sitting under the “pyramid” ceiling in the hope to absorb good luck […]
August 8, 2022
A play of words is magical, it means a many things to a different persons, different era’s and alternate lifetimes. Katipunan in the Filipino context means to gather or to assemble from the Tagalog root word “tipon.” When gathering was banned, the word was used in hushed conversation and secluded encounters. In the 1800’s it […]
July 31, 2022
I am not Chinese, a Buddhist nor a Taoist, so I technically do not adhere to the tenants of the fabled ghost month which starts July 29 and ends August 26, but since there has been a lot of talk about ghosts the past weeks, what the heck, might as well join in the festivities […]
July 23, 2022
National Commission for Culture and the Arts has given grants to 24 individuals and groups in the Cordillera worth over P6Million Pesos for 2022. This year the NCCA once again is calling for grantees for its 2023 grants, asking artists, culture bearers, and workers for the application process to be able to avail of government-funded […]
July 2, 2022
Each line of the “Panatang Makabayan” [The Philippine Patriotic Oath] rings true for many who are madly in love with this country. “Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan Ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi”. These simply establish the love for country and pride of heritage that each Filipino has, making you recall […]
June 27, 2022
For the first time, during the election period, I allowed myself to openly campaign for my chosen candidate, after not much pondering, I went for the choice closest to my heart. I am a certified Kakampink, joining the bandwagon which I thought would tide me over victory, envisioning Leni Robredo for president and Kiko Pangilinan […]