The athlete in Saint John Paul II By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SAINT John Paul II I believe was the most popular and beloved pope among Filipinos. Yes, he was the only pope of the Roman Catholic Church who visited the Philippines twice. I guess this is the reason why…
Sual bikefest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “TWO heads are better than one” as the saying goes. This was proven anew during the Sual bikefest conducted last April 26. Together with my cumpadre, 1976 Tour of Luzon champion Modesto Bonzo, we directed the multi-categorized road race that resulted in a…
Gallant Galedo By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LEARNING a big lesson from a disastrous finish during the 2014 Ronda Pilipinas International two months ago, the two-time Tour champion Mark Galedo poured all he got in the fourth and final day of the just concluded 2014 Le Tour de Filipinas to…
Pacquiao’s ‘killing instinct’ vanishing? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE watched how our boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao pummelled the flamboyant black American pug Timothy Bradley to recapture the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight belt. He punished him good but was unable to knock him down but there’s no doubt…
3 local bets join 2014 Le Tour By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A WEEK from now, the fifth edition of the four-day Le Tour de Filipinas will be flagged off and only three of our local cyclists will join wearing the colors of the Philippines. Unlike the first four editions…
Pacquiao will win By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FEW DAYS from now, the much-awaited Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley rematch will surely be done. Both camps are so noisy, more so the group of Bradley insisting that he, Bradley, won their first encounter despite the catcalls from the spectators after the…
Pangasinan cyclists plummet By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE first three months of this year was not so bright for our Pangasinan cyclists. This year, our professional riders were again outshone at the 14-day Ronda Pilipinas bikathon with only two of our local bets landing in the top ten overall…
Bayambang: Proposed cycling capital of PH By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PRIOR to the staging of the First Gerry Lacuesta Memorial Cup, Bayambang Mayor Ricardo M. Camacho announced his plan to promote Bayambang as the cycling capital of the Philippines. His two reasons: 1) Lacuesta, the man who pioneered the…
What happened to Werweran ed Mangaldan? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MORNING of March 10, a day after my town Mangaldan’s fiesta celebration ended, I went to the public market to buy some foodstuffs for my family’s daily consumption. And believe it or not, I was bombarded by queries from…
Summer time is cycling time By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE are already feeling March’s hot climate, an imminent sign that summer time is now around the corner. Last February 2 during the Binmaley bikefest we, race officials, and especially the participating cyclists still felt the cool atmosphere throughout the…
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