WILD CARD MATCH-UPS LINGAYEN – The third season of the Governor’s Cup Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament continues to heat up with its Wild Card match-ups, series that started February 2-3. Teams of Mangatarem, Asingan and Calasiao topped the ongoing wild cards as they shared the same win-loss stats (2-0) for each…
Veteran newsman and writer, Juanito “Jun” M. Velasco, or Jun V to many of his peers, was laid to rest on February 2, 2019 at the Mt. Zion Memorial Park in Dagupan City. The Velasco family would like to thank friends and loved-ones of Jun V for the cards, flowers,…
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Bully-free schools, why not? AT the Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last week, the board members were confronted with the rising cases of bullying in schools after they invited the province’s division schools superintendents. Alas, only Division II chief came – Dr. Donato Balderas Jr. But by his revelations…
JunV made my day By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE sudden demise of dear friend and colleague Jun Velasco again dawned on me that everything and everybody comes to an end when you least expect it. Everything good or bad must end someday, some way, somewhere. While I’ve long accepted that…
Duterte’s political will By Gonzalo Duque JOURNALISM in Pangasinan will never be the same again I suppose without its guru, our good friend and kumpadre Juanito “Jun” Velasco, who died in the grace of the lord on January 25, just two days before his 73rd birthday. Considered an icon in Pangasinan journalism, Jun left…
Jun V’s wisdom smothered me By Al S. Mendoza WAS it in 2005 when Jun Velasco finally succeeded in luring me to write a column for this exceedingly distinguished newspaper of 63 years? It was a long “courtship” due to complications, both imagined and real. For one, a column here…
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