PUNCHITERIA
Editorial Cartoon
We are giving way to the Message of His Excellency, Socrates B. Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan, on the occasion of the world’s celebration of Christmas. CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Christmas in the Philippines this year 2014 carries an added reason for excitement. In a few weeks Pope Francis will be visiting…
Editorial
Holiday mood on hold By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week my holiday mood was rudely interrupted by two totally unexpected news stories on my table: 1) The Dagupan City councilors deliberately shelved the proposed 2015 budget for the city and reportedly have no intention of passing it until Mayor…
Punchline
Idyllic drug rehab center By Jun Velasco “He that does good to another, does good also to himself, not only in the consequences, but in the very act,” –Seneca A CATHOLIC prelate made our day when he lifted “Rev.” Manny Pacquiao’s sermon on its “better to give than…
Think about it
Al Fernandez counsels greenhorn By Gonzalo Duque WE had difficulty understanding the reason of our Dagupan City councilors—some of them anyway—in requesting some P2 million financial assistance” from the city’s budget. It puts a bad taste in the mouth. But they did the “hampassible.” Kawawa naman ang mga pobre….
Playing with Fire
Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in 2015 By Al S. Mendoza NOT a known fact is this: The bout with Chris Algieri was Manny Pacquiao’s tune-up fight. It was set up to give Pacquiao the necessary tool in preparation for his long-delayed megabuck encounter with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Most probably, the Pacquiao-Mayweather…
General Admission
No let up in anti-drugs campaign By Bebot Villar THERE has been no let up in the police campaign against illegal drugs in the province. And this can be seen in the daily police reports, where buy-bust operations have been conducted, drug pushers arrested in the different towns and…
Deretsahan
Gumarang to unite local college basketball tourneys? By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. UP TO these days and already two months after the 2014 UCAAP Jimmy Fernandez Challenge Cup was finished and won by the Lyceum Northwestern Dukes (LNU), some basketball aficionados in this city and my town Mangaldan are still…
