By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TWO consecutive bike road races with different formats are slated this coming April 30 and May 1. The April 30 bikefest is in conjunction with the celebration of Sual town fiesta and the Bangus Festival under the leadership of Sual town chief executive Lizeldo…
By Rex Catubig LOOKING back, I remember it as the holiest of days; of quiet and solitude: Huwebes Santo and Viernes Santo of Lent. It was hard on us kids because we were not allowed to play in the yard. And we were cautioned to be extra careful as…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE filing of the graft cases vs. Mayor Brian Lim and eight other city officials did not come as a surprise to many. Given how the city government was run since the Lim administration (and the barkada) took over, I knew it would only be…
By Al S. Mendoza THE clubhouse talk has been about the surveys all this time. That’s because of Bongbong Marcos’ almost unbelievable streak of leading the surveys each time it’s done. In the eye of the survey storm are Pulse Asia (PA) and Social Weather Stations (SWS), arguably two…
By Gonzalo Duque I sympathize with the bereaved family of former Mayor Belen Fernandez and her siblings on the demise of their beloved mother, Doña Remedios Tan Vda de Fernandez. The Fernandez matriarch was a model mother having been a Pro Ecclesias et Pontifice awardee, the highest award given…
By Leonardo MIcua A video clip posted about the claim of a husband and wife from Barangay Dinalaoan in Calasiao town that they were threatened by armed men who broke into their house on April 7 went viral on Facebook. The wife narrated how she was threatened at gun point and…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo ON a warm, busy morning after assisting the hired workers to clean in the garden of my sister Emma and the adjacent lot which we adopted to clean, green and beautify at Filinvest, I received a video of a uniquely-conceived campaign material incorporating Urduja, Pangasinan’s…
By Farah G. Decano I happened to be one of those who brainstormed about what the Leni Robredo Pangasinan rally should be like. The legend of Urduja immediately came to mind. According to oral folktales, she was a female warrior of Pangasinan who protected her kingdom from the sea…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNDENIABLY, the issue now in the Philippine sports is the PBA Governor’s Cup best-of-seven championship series between two giant professional teams: the defending champion Ginebra Gin Kings and the perennial runner-up, the Meralco Bolts. We, diehard basketball buffs, watched the three skirmishes on TV and…
By Rex Catubig IT was for me the most awesome Easter experience. It happened during the confirmation rites of my niece, some years ago. Held at an unimposing chapel of the University of California in San Diego where she was enrolled, it was a 3-hour service that lasted from 10pm…
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