By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I TRAVELED to Tarlac City last Wednesday (March 16) with a friend purposely to talk with some of our Pangasinan cyclists participating in the ten-day 2022 Ronda Pilipinas bikefest. I wanted to know how they’re doing after six days of intense pedal-pushing anent. Yes,…
By Rex Catubig TWO years close to the date, the world was caught unawares and put in shackles by a virulent virus that is a variant of corona. Here in Dagupan where I had retired a little over a year earlier, government imposed health protocol had me confined at…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THANK God, the provincial buses plying the Pangasinan-Metro Manila are back! The LTFRB finally announced that buses coming from the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region “are likewise allowed to drop off passengers in North Luzon Express Terminal (NLET) where there are…
By Al S. Mendoza I was rummaging through my files and look what I found. A story on Bongbong Marcos regarding the 1986 People Power revolution. Written by the eminent Fernando del Mundo, it appeared in the Inquirer issue of 2006, the year I retired from the Inquirer after…
By Gonzalo Duque I AM really for Oscar Orbos to win in the First District of Pangasinan. He’s been a governor, congressman, executive secretary and Department of Transportation and Communications secretary. I can say that today’s congressional battle is the most important challenge for him. I really do hope…
By Leonardo Micua LAST week, Finnela Sim, regional coordinator of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), tagged me along to Lingayen where she turned over 60 sports balls to the provincial government in line with the nationwide grassroots sports program on sports of PSC Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez. Ms. Sim,…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THESE days, I get notifications on Ukraine. If I listen to all the traditional media outlets, the social media and succumb to the propaganda, I would be unduly skewered with the rest of the public who have given opinions without re-reading the history of the…
By Farah G. Decano “I like Manny Pacquiao to be president.” “Why?” I asked. “Because he is humble. He talks about his compassion for the poor and intention to deliver them from poverty with such sincerity.” “How did you determine his sincerity?” I became more curious. “He speaks with…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE PATAFA-Obiena rift is still unresolved despite the senate intervention to fix the crisis. It has turned from bad to worst. The issue is like the unstoppable soaring of oil prices and the weakening of our peso in the world market. Yes, latest report…
By Rex Catubig Note: This is a continuation of our tribute to the simple ordinary woman. Last week, due to space constraint, a couple of lines meant to paint the contrast between the two types of women who work the “night shift”, and the metaphorical coda at the end,…
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