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On Time Harvest Saved Crops from Flood

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 More

NFA Plans to Import 860K Metric Tons of Rice this Year

In 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 More

Rice Will Be a Many Splendored Thing to Importers Next Year

During 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 More

The Bicol Farmer and Double Talk on Rice

In 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 More

The Glutenous Politics on Rice

To 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 More

San Miguel Bay Faces Mining Activities

The 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 More

What’s Up on Kanibag Hill

Viewed 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 More

The Humble and Resilient Nipa

The 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

The Last Words on Krill

Where in some advanced countries Krill fishing is so elaborate, modern, organized and well-funded to fill the appetite of factories that churn the tiny, minuscule organism into pet food, or…

October 13, 2009 / 5 Comments / Read More

Krills and the Bicolano

Much of the krills harvested in San Miguel bay are destined for human consumption. Depending on the volume, a fisherman would either bring his catch home or sell to a…

October 5, 2009 / No Comment / Read More