Inspector gadget in the newsroom

The point is…..by Anthony Bayarong

Convergence in the newsroom

For journalist this may be heaven and hell, adding additional work to the already stressful, time limited, deadline base job.

In the past, newsroom was filled with typewriter, it was replaced by PC’s and now Editors and reporters are...

Tips for REALLY BUSY Moms…or Dads

Parenthood shots

By Kay Reyes

Life is all about playing our roles to the hilt. Each one is wife/ husband, a mom/ dad, a brother/sister, a friend, a colleague, a homemaker, a student, a teacher, a mentor, a Church member, a sports enthusiasts and the list goes...

Advocacy and journalism

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The people of Northern Zambales calls on the government to stop open-pit mining

By Benito E. Molino, MD

Non-Government Organizations in Northern Zambales are calling on the government to cancel all the permits issued to all mining companies engaged in open-pit mining because of environmental destruction affecting the lives and livelihood of the people.

The Concerned Citizens of Sta. Cruz (CCOS),...

Stinking politics

Late September this year, I learned that the city government of Olongapo City allowed a garbage hauling company to temporarily dump Pampanga garbage in the city dump. The city councilors assured residents that all the staff work were completed and that we...

The Fast and the Furious wangwang’s

I couldn’t help to comment on the anti Wang-Wang trend. This has been the mark of PNoy’s speech during his inaugural.

I think this is the order that he did not need to write to enforce it. The day after PNoy told “Walang lamangan, walang padrino,...

Stop killing far far away land

It was supposed to be a two day vacation.

Vacation according to www.wikipedia.org is: a general leave of absence or vacation from a regular occupation for rest or recreation.

But I could not help but write this piece after seeing my hide away slowly being destroyed by...

“Tanggapin ang pera, Iboto ang kursunada/konsensya”

That has got to be one of the most popular quotations nowadays. As you know, the National Elections is just around the corner and that includes the local elections.

And as far as I’m concerned, the local election in the province is as tensioned (on a...

Hello COMELEC

May opisina ba ang Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dito sa Olongapo?

Natanong ko ito, dahil sa tanda ko na sa syudad na ito (dito ako pinanganak, nag elementarya, nag high school nag ka girlfriend at nag ka anak) ngayon ko lang nakita na hindi pa...

A Day in a Life in Olongapo, Part 3

By Buraot

“Ganito pala sa Olongapo, parang war zone,”. This was the surprised remark from one of the media personnel from GMA-7 who witnessed what happened that fateful day in November 1996.

All the action were going on inside the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) where the...

A Day in a Life in Olongapo, Part 2

By Buraot

In just a matter of minutes, after that quick anesthesia-less operation and humiliation inside the operating room, I was in a wheelchair being pushed by that UP volunteer all the way to the x-ray room and unto my assigned room,...

A Day in a Life in Olongapo, Part 1

By Buraot

It was November 1996. The APEC Summit was being held in Subic Bay, Philippines.

It was a time for the country to show off its newly established Subic Bay after the former bases were left by the...