The good and the bad news By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRST the good news. I would like to extend my congratulations to Team YMCA Dagupan for bagging five golds, two silvers and six bronze medals in the KDA Manila Invitational Karate Championships held last July 29 at Pasig City. …
When will we ever learn? By Jesus a. Garcia Jr. BASKETBALL lovers who followed the stints of our national squad during the FIBA-Asia Olympic Qualifying Championship in Tokushima, Japan held recently saw how our Asian neighbors Iran and Jordan humiliated and ousted us from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It…
Charity begins at home By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE much-awaited 2007 PRISAA Pangasinan-Dagupan Basketball Invitational Championship, dubbed this year as “Mayor Al’s Cup”, was formally opened last Thursday morning with much fanfare. The sports-minded Alipio Fernandez, Jr., Dagupan’s mayor, delivered a morale-boosting speech as the keynote speaker, while Atty….
KARATE GEARS DONATION — Raymond Lee Reyes, PKF Marketing Director, hands over Impact Karate Material, the official PKF uniforms and protective gears to Dr. Enrico Vasquez, Region I Director, for the first Provincial Developmental Championships and Training Corp Conference dubbed as Impact Challenge organized by the Philippine Karate-Do Federation. Also…
PRISAA cagefest ’07 and Gonz By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TO HOLD a big sports activity is no joke. Organizers, supporters, coaches anticipate woes, ataxia, and intrigues before, during and even after the tournament. This happened to me many times before and until now as an organizer of sporting events…
Sports buff Nerez By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER the very successful staging of the first “PD Marathon” last July 7, our provincial Police Director Sr. Supt. Isagani Nerez is thinking of holding other sports activities in the province like chess, scrabble, martial arts and even a writing contest for…
Spines to capitol employees: “You should have sports” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IN MY June 17 article, I said our new governor Amado Espino Jr. is a sports-minded person. He proved that before during his time as a police officer and he wants to prove it anew, now as…
Two promising Pangasinan athletes By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IF YOU are truly a lover of sports and have been following our provincial athletes’ stints in national and international competitions, then you would know who our heroes are, both of yesteryears and our current cream of the crop. Our beloved…
I don’t agree By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A well-known Comelec officer of the Fourth District of Pangasinan who asked not to be named said “the breeding ground of corruption is the Sanggunian Kabataan because they are mastering the art of making vouchers (money claims). As we all could see…
Sports-minded Spines By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ONLY his close friends know that our newly elected Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. is a sports-minded person. And I was never able to say the same for our outgoing governor. I came to know of Espino’s — fondly called “Spines” by his…
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