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Editorial Cartoon
Be warned of laws on libel, slander cyber-libel AS the local campaign period approaches, we are beginning to read and hear black propaganda, i.e., defamatory statements and fake news in both the traditional media (print and broadcast) and social media by supporters of opposing candidates. The recent radio broadcast that…
EDITORIAL
People Power “2019” went pffft By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week, I found it hard to believe that someone would actually threaten Caloocan Bishop Pablo David. Worse, I found it very suspicious mainly because of the timing and the characters made to play out a contrived plot. Note: There was…
Punchline
Prospects of Sports Center in Pangasinan By Gonzalo Duque THE establishment of a Sports Training Center of the Philippines by virtue of a law sponsored by Congressman Conrado Estrella III, and signed into law last week by President Rodrigo Duterte, is a big boon to the country’s sports and also a…
Playing with Fire
We are back in the World Cup, thanks to South Korea By Al S. Mendoza WE are back in business. In August this year, the Philippines will play in the Fiba World Cup again. Set in China, the most prestigious world basketball event next to the Olympics will feature 32…
General Admission
Silk dreams By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN a Senate hearing last 21 February, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said, “roughly half of the 169,000 Alien Employment Permits issued by the Department of Labor and Employment in the last 3 years went to Chinese nationals and a third of which are…
G Spot
Provincial basketball quarterfinals’ skirmishes By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE quarterfinals of the third edition of the “3rd Governor’s Cup Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament of Gov. Amado Espino III participated in by 24 towns and cities kicked off last February 23. Fifteen teams bracketed in two groups led by defending champion…
Sports Eye
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.moralstories.org. that I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. Boy’s Job AppraisalAuthor Unknown A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the…