Cosme’s wrath disrupts tourneys By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SUPER typhoon Cosme devastated our province last May 17, wrecked our houses, buildings, electric posts, telecommunication lines, water supplies, vehicles, livestock, crops and most of all  killed 32 people in the province alone. To me, this was the strongest and most…

Brief stint in Hawaii By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I TOOK an abrupt and brief respite in Hawaii last April 28 and stayed there for ten days. I grabbed the opportunity given by the Hawaiian Airlines to travel with a huge 40% discount, a very rare treat in the airline…

Birth of cycling rivalry By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YEAR 1956 was when the first multi-stage bicycle road race was born. It was then called the “Tour of Luzon”, a one week road battle exclusively for professional cyclists. That was also the birth of professional cycling in the country. Sta….

Kudos By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WOULD like to congratulate our Region 1 athletes especially our basketball team that bagged the bronze medal in the just concluded 2008 National Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) Games held in Zamboanga City from April 6 to 14. They made history by placing…

Pangasinan athletes shine again By Jesus A. Garcia THE five-day Tour de East Java bicycle marathon where our local boys participated was concluded last Sunday and our all-Pangasinense squad representing the Philippines landed fifth out of 22 teams from different countries in Asia including the host Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Iran,…

Sportsfest in Bangus Festival By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. NO doubt that the city of Dagupan is the bangus capital of the world. Our government officials, then and now, are doing their utmost to promote this milkfish worldwide. The city government even tried and was successful in breaking the world’s…

First time By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE first time a multi-stage bicycle road race was held in the country was in 1955. That was the Manila-Vigan run won by Sta. Rosa, Laguna son Antonio Arzala. That event, organized by the late Atty. Geruncio Lacuesta, a native of Bayambang, also…

Respect the verdict By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE, the boxing aficionados, watched that colossal battle between our very own Manny Pacquiao against Mexico’s best Juan Manuel Marquez for the 130-pound World Boxing Council title fight. We already know the result. Although Pacquiao’s victory was not convincing, not clear, or…

Torn between my two “blood” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BY THE time you read this piece, I surmise that the much-touted and much-awaited Pacquiao-Marquez II world title fight may probably just about to start or in progress or could even be already over. As I said before, my forecast…

Hectic Days By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOUR of the last five Sundays, I was vexed and exasperated due to the heavy workload preparing four cycling events, plus some basketball games that I covered and organized. The latest was the much-awaited and touted Mangaldan bikefest dubbed as “Werweran” held last…