Exactly two weeks before the rain floods of typhoon Bebeng hit the bountiful ricefields of Calabanga, in the quadrant bounded by sitios and barangays of Taculod, San Roque, San Pablo…
May 18, 2011 / No Comment / Read MoreIn one of our trip to Legaspi city this week, we chanced upon a government building where sacks full of rotten NFA rice were filed up near its entrance. …
March 8, 2011 / No Comment / Read MoreDuring the initial days of the new administration, many were shocked (sic) on how voluminous the past government imported rice from other Asian countries. The issue was heightened when…
November 29, 2010 / No Comment / Read MoreIn time of domestic rice shortages, to whom the Philippine government rely more often than not. Or at least, for the immediate past year? No, not the Filipino farmer, are…
November 13, 2010 / 1 Comment / Read MoreTo many who eat always with rice as part of the regular meal, the knowledge that the country is awash in supply of the commodity is one good news.…
August 16, 2010 / 1 Comment / Read MoreThe current environment in the area about San Miguel bay may endure some changes in the very near future with the entry of a new player. Bogo Resources and Mining…
August 8, 2010 / 9 Comments / Read MoreViewed by the ricefields at the back of our house, Kanibag hill is a balding mound of soil, a geological anomally, perched on the shoulders of Mount Isarog.…
April 29, 2010 / 5 Comments / Read MoreThe nipa (pronounced neepa, as in long e) palm or nypa fruticans is an unusual tree that thrives abundantly on the creek at the back of our house. Obviously…
February 28, 2010 / 16 Comments / Read More