Substitution DECIDING to field one’s candidacy used to be a matter of personal commitment like it were a “do or die” situation. In fact, for too long, substitution of a candidate by another was never an option for the candidate that originally filed this/her certificate of candidacy unless he or…
Local pols’ dilemma over Du30 By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE not-totally unexpected filing of candidacy of Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte reportedly sent a number of politicos initially into a tizzy. Suddenly they saw a sure winner, a game changer! But how do they cut off from their original…
The son also rises 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 EDITORS of the Manila papers must have seen the danger of Mother Earth teetering on “catastrophe” while glued on the…
It’s criminality and drugs, stupid! By Gonzalo Duque WALA na talaga! They — critics, detractors, hypocrites mostly — have been destroying our man, Rody Duterte, to block his presidential destiny. But para silang bolan manpoktal! Hmm… our bet continues to zoom upward. Ala na… nagsalita na ang taong bayan,…
In Duterte, what you see is what you get By Al S. Mendoza RODRIGO Duterte and Grace Poe are consistently in the news. What does that tell us? Simply, they are miles and miles ahead in media mileage over their rivals in the presidential elections in May 2016. In…
24/7 anti-drug operations By Bebot Villar LET there be no mistake about it but our province’s campaign against illegal drugs and trafficking is, indeed, serious! Even during official and legal holiday, the anti-drug operations of our law enforcers continue without letup. Congratulations!
Narco-politics and vegetables By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo TESS de Venecia, one of my best friends, and Regional Director of Women in Development (WID) Foundation, is now resting in heaven. But now she comes to mind, having realized that the society we are trying to change is in much greater…
LNU Dukes deserved to win By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Lyceum Northwestern University Dukes’ first game against La Finns Scholastica Lion Hearts of La Union on December 2 went down the wire with Dukes prevailing, 82-74. Leading by 14 points after the first quarter (27-13), the determined and much-improved…
Dealing with my craft By Johanne Macob I have been in this industry for about 40 months now, still a very short experience compared to most of the people I get to work with for most of the time. Up to this day, I think I can honestly say…
HAIL THE SUBTITUTES –That yarn spread by the malicious rumor mill that former Mayor Benjie Lim will stage a surprise by substituting his wife Celia as Nacionalista Party candidate for mayor in Dagupan did not take place. The Dec. 10 deadline allowed by law to effect substitution of candidates lapsed with no shadow of Lim…
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