In Cebu for the Tour CEBU CITY – OUR flight to this city last Monday night was a one-hour and five minute-flight with approximately 40 scary minutes of unstable ride due to the inclement weather. It was the low-pressure area that eventually turned into a typhoon, internationally named Haiku. We…

Something is majorly wrong in our national sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR country sent a tiny delegation to the London Olympic Games composed of only 11 athletes because our sports leaders believe that they are the only athletes capable to win at least a medal in this quadrennial…

No stopping the basketball tourneys By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE are now in the midst of the wet season and I believe this will last up to the month of September or even October. But despite this, still there’s no stopping the holding of national basketball tournaments. In fact…

July is for Wimbledon, TdF and the Olympics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Wimbledon is acclaimed as the world’s oldest and most prestigious lawn tennis tournament participated in by the best players in the universe. The annual tourney had just concluded last week with Swiss player Roger Federer winning…

Finally cycling czars now under one roof By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YOU heard about the division of our national cycling leaders, two warring groups with each of them claiming to be our country’s rightful entity in representing the nation in any international competition. Then there was the power squabble,…

Proud to be a Heat fan By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.                                                                         IN the last two months, we lost two of three very important and prestigious international distinctions which were supposed to be ours. These were the ‘American Idol’ plum and the latest title fight of world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao….

Starting them young By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER three straight years of inactivity, the on-off and fashionable Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) basketball tournament of Dagupan City finally returned last Saturday at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome with 20 teams from the city’s 31 barangays officially joining the competition. While I failed…

Contentious judgment By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BOXING enthusiasts all over the world were stunned when the verdict was announced that Manny Pacquiao’s opponent,Timothy Bradley, was the winner by split decision, wresting the World Boxing Organization welterweight title. The verdict produced a lot of uproars from countless people from all…

Better luck next year By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER four years of famine in cycling title, one of our elite Pangasinan riders, 2006 Padyak Pinoy king Santy Barnachea, emerged supreme anew in Philippine multi-stage racing by winning the 12-day first edition of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas last year in…

No stopping Gov. Espino By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR province got the nod from the Department of Education (DepEd) as well as the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to host this year’s Palarong Pambansa, which was just concluded. It was through the initiative of…