Why PAL is always high up there By Al S. Mendoza WHAT makes the Philippine Airlines (PAL) click? Well, aside from its new fleet of state-of-the-art jets, PAL’s service has consistently been world-class. Thus, when Reyfort Fortaleza aired a gripe about PAL’s ticket price being a bit higher that the competition, he got an explanation […]
Opinion
G Spot
I wonder where tears go By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo AT 2:00 a.m., the streets are quiet, not a sound of anything is heard, but the whisper of the cool wind. I stood at the door, under the bougainvillea, waiting for the Grab to arrive. Exactly five minutes after, a red car parked. “Good morning po, […]
Sports Eye
Lingayen and Manaoag fives stay untarnished By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. THE teams of defending champion Lingayen and two-time first runner-up Manaoag continue to live up their billing as the top two seeded squads in the 3rd Governor’s Cup Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament. The won all their games in their respective brackets during the elimination round […]
Learnings in Life
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.moralstories.org. that I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. Keep Your DreamAuthor Unknown I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Isidro. He had let me use his horse ranch to put on fund-raising events […]
Random Thoughts
The dreaded narco-list By Leonardo Micua FROM all indications, it looks like the government is all set to make public the names of narco-politicians in its secret list next week . This despite calls from several quarters that it should exercise a minimum of restraint and recognize the dictum in law that one is presumed innocent […]
Millennial Hub
Coping up with a Perfectionist Professor By Shawn Fernandez I believe we all have our own unique ways to attain perfection. Most of us desire to be better and aim for what is best. Striving for perfection is really a good thing if it means seeking constant improvement of our character and our abilities. However, […]
Punchline
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 no prior leak to media […]
Playing with Fire
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 big boost to the province […]
General Admission
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 countries from four continents. Asia/Oceania […]
G Spot
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 in support services, including offshore […]