Cycling-minded Mayor Camacho By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST February 23, the first of three scheduled Bayambang cycling road races was held. I directed the unique race participated in mostly by the town’s barangay captains and municipal employees with a total 47 contestants. Unique because I believe the event dubbed…

Another first time By Jesus A. Garcia WE cycling buffs who followed the just concluded 2014 Ronda Pilipinas International from day 1 to day 14 saw how the Butuan City-born Riemon Lapaza impressively engineered a scintillating run in the penultimate stage (13th) to dislodge the race leader and the heavily…

Javier, new pride of Pangasinan By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DUATHLON is not one of the sports that Pangasinenses are passionate about. Well, we could have at least 20 trained duathletes in the province today but despite the scarcity of the ‘run-bike-run’ event, Pangasinan has produced (so far), four national…

Pangasinan’s formidable three? By Jesus A. Garcia WHILE I’m making this piece (Friday, Feb. 7), the sixth stage of the 2014 Ronda Pilipinas was just finished. The 153-kilometer flat and mountain trek from Lucena City to Antipolo City in Rizal province was won by a foreigner named Peter Pouly of…

Pangasinan’s best 9 in 2014 Ronda By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRSTLY, my heartfelt condolence to the Orbos family for losing their beloved mother Mrs. Concepcion Munoz Orbos last January 25. Born in San Carlos City,  she was the wife of the late former Bureau of Customs deputy commissioner Guillermo…

Remembering WBC prexy Sulaiman By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IF you are really a boxing aficionado, I have no doubt that you already heard or know who Mr. Jose Sulaiman is. He was the Mexico-born fellow with Lebanese and Syrian parents who handled the World Boxing Council (WBC) presidency over…

No Pangasinan team in 2014 Ronda By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. JUST a few days more to go and the 4th edition of the multi-stage bikathon “Ronda Pilipinas” will definitely be flagged off. Reports reaching me from my town mate Joshua Carino of Mangaldan who landed fifth last year, said…

Tribute to Gerry Lacuesta By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A ONE-DAY bicycle road race will be held in Bayambang on March 16 in honor of Atty. Geruncio Lacuesta as one of the activities to celebrate Bayambang’s quadricentennial anniversary.

Better PH sports in 2014? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   EVERY Christian has its own way to welcome the New Year. But for most of us Filipinos. we greet the year with fireworks, firecrackers and whistle bombs, blowing our vehicles’ and bicycles horns, ringing the bells, banging the drums,…

More down than up for PH sports in 2013 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FEW days to go before the year 2014. Hopefully with the Almighty God’s guidance and blessings, the coming year will be prosperous for all of us, unlike 2013 when our troubled nation suffered from a series…