SP Frontpage July 27, 2014 issue
Editorial Cartoon
Lessons to be learned THE public outcry, the explanations and defenses made, the ruling of the Supreme Court on the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and recently the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) should provide instructive lessons not only to our province’s local government leaders, from the governor to our mayors…
Editorial
More legal woes for Mr. ACC By Ermin Garcia Jr. BUSINESSMAN Antonio Cabangon Chua, whose bid won the MC Adore properties, must already rue the day he agreed to make a “bid” at the instance of Messrs. Benjie Lim, Tony Uy et al. His trophy acquisition in Dagupan accomplished…
Punchline
Jewels in a haystack By Jun Velasco “The company of just and upright man is better than wealth and a real estate,” Euripides IN spite of man’s inherent propensity for greed which is shaking our governmental institutions—the Palace, the Supreme Court, the Legislature (Senate and House of Representatives),…
Think about it
Mango is good for diabetes—US medical journal By Gonzalo Duque GEORGIA, USA—Manlaldis so balita ditan! Sorry, folks, we missed the deadline last week. No, actually, we misread the Decorp. We thought it could not restore power that soon. Yon pala, it was back at 11 am. It was evening…
Playing with Fire
Even billionaires can be fooled, too By Al S. Mendoza THE basketball republic was mad and the anger was justified. They were made to believe Gilas Pilipinas will engage the NBA Stars in a basketball game on Tuesday, July 22. They virtually packed the Cubao Big Dome in Quezon…
General Admission
It’s a smaller world for drug traffickers By Bebot Villar WHEN a campaign against the illegal drugs is indeed serious, we get good results. That’s why the Police Regional Office 1 is very proud about its accomplishments for the past half year. It confiscated almost half a billion worth…
Deretsahan
Unforgiveable faux pas By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. I’M sure you were just as dismayed as I was last Tuesday evening when the much-publicized NBA Stars versus Gilas Pilipinas tune-up game that we had looked forward to did not materialize due to lapses in coordination between the organizers and NBA…
