Pacquiao-Mayweather fight still no go By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, there is no clear opponent yet for Manny Pacquiao. As we go to press, talks of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight are off. That was supposed to be held May 5, the date Mayweather reserved at the MGM Grand Hotel in…
Psychological Incapacity 1/3 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “IT’S more fun in the Philippines!” Everybody is getting married. From the mere commoners to the members of quasi local royalty, from simple and plain citizens to high and distinguished public officials, from those counted among the general public to big personalities…
Cycling, chess and basketball By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER my brief meeting with Palarong Media overall chairman Andy Estrada last January 21 about the format of the table tennis event that I have to handle on February 11, I quickly motored to San Fabian to catch the start of…
Farming Malaga, a good alternative to bangus culture By Roberto Garcia MALAGA, a species of rabbitfish caught in the wild or cultured in ponds or pens, is an excellent food fish especially savored as grilled or as “sinigang”. This fish commands a relatively high market price and thus favorable for…
Wasting Time segregating wastes By Beatrice Marie S. Basi MY GRANDMOTHER, whom I call Nanay, is always complaining about this and that whenever I visit her. I would just nod in agreement to express my empathy. Recently, she was telling me this story about how annoyed she was towards…
THE controversial 30-hectare land bought by the city government in Barangay Awai, San Jacinto was resurrected in the budget hearing being conducted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). The city council noted that the purchased lot intended for a sanitary landfill is one of the P200- million worth of properties procured…
NO DEMOLITION ORDER FROM MAYOR IS the Dagupan City government out to legalize the illegal? This question was raised after the three beach resorts squatting on public land in Barangay Bonuan Binloc and whose owners presented falsified waivers are still very much in operation.
NO SIGN OF MR. MATA—The seat reserved for City Administrator Vlad Mata budget remains unoccupied for two consecutive days of the budget hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, after he failed to attend as scheduled further delaying the passage of the budget for 2012. He is expected to clarify items related to…
WHO’S delaying the approval of the Dagupan budget for 2012? Not us, said members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod who adjourned their session sine die Friday afternoon after City Administrator Vladimir Mata did not show up for two consecutive days, further delaying the proceedings for the passage of the 2012 budget. Mata,…
LINGAYEN— Not true! This was the angry reaction of the provincial government to a news report published in a national daily last week that labeled the province’s hospitals as “in very bad shape” and went on with the conclusion that “if you are sick, don’t go to a hospital in Pangasinan”. So…
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