By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   MORNING of March 3 when my son Jazy told me the news that the Mangaldan town fiesta bikefest dubbed “2023 Mayor Bona Cup Werweran ed Mangaldan” supposed to be held last March 12 was canceled by the town’s chief executive Bonafe de Vera Parayno…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   “IT has been said, and it will be done.” That was my reading of the thoughts of my beloved town Mangaldan’s chief executive Bonafe de Vera Parayno on the return of Pangasinan’s biggest, oldest and the most prestigious one-day bikefest in the province popularly…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   THE talk in Philippine sports last week was about the two-day basketball skirmishes of the FIBA World Cup Asia qualifying sixth window hosted by our country both held at the 50,000 seater Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. We, ardent buffs of basketball, watched on…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   SOME weeks ago I was asked by some local media colleagues if I really know the history of Pangasinan cycling by just being a former cyclist and as an active sports writer of this paper. Of course, they know I do know but perhaps…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   I’VE been following the sport footsteps of our national pole vault player Ernest James “EJ” Obiena since last year when he delivered our very first bronze medal at the World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A by clearing  a remarkable 5.94 meters… that feat…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   WE all know that the month of March is the start of Philippines’ summer period. And when summer time comes, it’s sporting time as many of our media sports colleagues say. Yes, outdoor sports like beach volleyball, cycling, baseball, football or soccer, marathon, golf,…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   “IT has been said, and it will be done.” That was my reading of the thoughts of my beloved town Mangaldan’s chief executive Bonafe de Vera Parayno on the return of Pangasinan’s biggest, oldest and the most prestigious one-day bikefest in the province popularly…

By Jesus A. Gacia Jr.   DESPITE my retirement in competitive cycling after an accident that struck me in 2001, and now as an aging hombre, the two-wheeled event still never escaped my mind as an organizer, race director, and sometimes even as sponsor (when I have the means) like…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   “THERE’S always first time in life,” one of the world’s popular cliché, that happens to me time and again. Last January 15 during the “First. Jesus Rivera Garcia, Sr. Lingayen Gulf Landing Memorial Race” an amateur bikefest, I sponsored for my first bikefest in…

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YOU, like me, being ardent enthusiasts of sport basketball, watched all the six games, the best-of-seven championship series of PBA’s Commissioner’s Cup this year between the multi-titled Ginebra San Miguel versus the foreign squad, the Hongkong based Bay Area Dragons. The sixth game last Wednesday…