Editorial Cartoon
Wanted: Gentlemen politicians THE political scene in Pangasinan is not looking handsome these days. In the different local government levels — big cities, small towns, and at the provincial capitol — there now seems to be a dearth in gentlemen politicians in our midst. Former governor and congressional representative Victor…
Editorial
When men are worthless By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE debate on the Reproductive Health BILL has gone bonkers. It has been reduced to name-calling and worse, to claims and counter-claims of what God is like, what makes a good Catholic or a Christian. From where I sit, it’s a no-win…
Punchline
Rizal in our time By Jun Velasco “He that will be great among you, let him serve.”—Jesus Christ IT’s almost June, the month of love and marital bliss, although the sign of the times shows many marriages are beating their paths to faithlessness and divorce. In these fabled isles, there’s…
Think about it
Sir Bebot Villar now looks sexy! By Gonzalo Duque WE thank Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman and Executive Director Bebot Villar for designating us senior consultant of his office. He announced it on two occasions, and so we are thanking him twice too in this column that is read around the…
Playing with Fire
Because Pacquiao turns his foes into pulp bits, he’s running out of worthy opponents By Al S. Mendoza IN December 2008, Manny Pacquiao knocked out Oscar De La Hoya in the eighth round. Four months later, De La Hoya, a six-division world-boxing champion, announced his retirement. In 2009, Manny Pacquiao…
General Admission
Danger. Disease. Disaster By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TIME and again, long since to these days, loving parents and upright teachers are one in inculcating a noble and ennobling value system in children about sex. Human sexuality is sacred, noble and sublime. In this regard, the three fundamental truths they…
Viewpoints
Pangasinan cyclists shine in Camsur tour By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DESPITE the hyped and much-feared ‘end of the world’ prediction of doomsday foreteller Harold Camping, which was supposed to take place on May 21, the organizers and participants of the Camsur Tour spearheaded by Camarines Sur Gov. Erley Villafuerte…
Sports Eye
ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTION FORMER Governor Victor Agbayani’s poll protest against incumbent Governor Amado Espino Jr. gets underway as contested ballot boxes from 199 precincts in 32 towns and two cities in Pangasinan are set to be transported to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila on June 3 for…
