(An Observation on the Filipino Communities in Australia and Other Countries) By Rado Gatchalian “Individually, each Filipino is brilliant. Collectively, we struggle to be great. As a Filipino, we succeed in our endeavours. But as a nation, we fail…” “LAHAT MAGALING” If there is one values we all need to cultivate it should be HUMILITY. […]
SP Frontpage August 18, 2019 Issue
Punchiteria
Editorial Cartoon
EDITORIAL
Sign of the times WHILE the peace and order in Pangasinan is generally stable, with no unusual rise in crimes indices taking place, we have to acknowledge that we live in a volatile situation today, with acts of terrorism happening in the country and around the globe. There is no telling that hired gunmen or […]
Punchline
Stop plea bargain for drug offenders By Ermin Garcia Jr. WEEKS ago, the dilemma of Dagupan City police chief, P/Lt. Col. Abubakar Mengelen Jr. caught my attention. He wondered why he was seeing the same persons being arrested in buy-bust operations. How was that possible, he asked. Indeed, how? When he looked into it, the […]
General Admission
Reward/gift versus bribery By Al S. Mendoza GIFT or reward? Or, what is a gift? What is a reward? Here’s a police officer’s story to buttress the obvious: “Sir Al, listen to me,” he tells me. “OK, fire,” I say to him. “I rescued a kid from his kidnappers,” says he. “Great!” I tell him. “Then what?” […]
G Spot
Breathing spaces By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo HE sat on his chair, blued, like the walls. He remembered his wife. He remembered the women with whom he had fathered his children. He remembered all his women. He knew bits and pieces of them. He remembered the peculiar tastes of intimacies, and tried to capture the memories […]
Sports Eye
PBA, Gov. Pogi’s league winding down By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE watched last Wednesday night how the multi-titled San Miguel five survived a come from behind victory over TNT, 99-94, and seized the 2019 Commissioner’s Cup best-of-three championship series, 3-2, one win away for the throne. It was impressive how the boys of head […]
Learnings in Life
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. The Dilemma of Love and Regret of LifetimeAuthor Unknown She was a simple homely girl from a small town who had many dreams. He was a simple guy with a […]