THE Balon Dagupan Swimming team again proved its dominance when it won as overall champion on the Philippine Swimming Inc.’s 2019 Grand Prix CNL-CAR Long Course Qualifying Leg held in the city from April 6 to 7. The team bested 10 clubs comprising of 113 participants from North Central Luzon…
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Name-calling, a reflection of character AS we have all come to learn, election campaign is the season for mudslinging and denigrating character of candidates. Candidates equally accuse each other of committing lies, pocketing bribes, misusing public funds, political dynasty, incompetence, protector of criminal activities, etc. All these are par for…
Personality-based elections By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN case you haven’t noticed our political culture has fully shifted from party system to personality politics. In the national level, there is only one political party slate for the senate, the PDP Laban. The Hugpong Ng Pagbabago is a political aggrupation of candidates…
Belen, a 24/7 public servant By Gonzalo Duque THE Comelec as well as its deputized agencies have launched Operation Baklas as soon as the campaign period for local candidates has begun on March 29. But not all of them were gone. We still see some oversized campaign materials along the highways,…
Change Comelec to Coselec By Al S. Mendoza THERE is this new Comelec ruling riling one senatorial candidate no end. The rule, really, is as crazy as a rule preventing Steph Curry to stop firing threes because it is so easy for him to bury those shots. Of course, that…
Sotto Voce By Virginia Jasmine Pasalo IT is quiet on the western front. Except for the unseen inhabitants of this place, there are two of us still awake: the front desk officer and myself. Not a sound, except for a wandering lizard, whispering, sotto voce. I am here again, for…
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