By Jing Villamil THEY moved on fast, these young ones. From sweet dates to wedded bliss, from pregnant bellies to squealing babies, who in turn, by their little selves, moved on even faster, from crawlers to toddlers to brawlers. And having moved so early on and so furiously fast, a…
DOTr’s new profiteering scheme via LTFRB By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHILE the news from the LTFRB about the expected resumption of operations of bus companies this month is good and beneficial, there is a caveat that removes the full benefit to passengers. I refer to the requirement of…
Zeroing in on Slaughter & Parks By Al S. Mendoza GREG Slaughter left first before saying he was on sabbatical (leave of absence aka vacation). That was stepping on the line. You leave without saying goodbye—that’s being unprofessional, period. He put Ginebra San Miguel on cliff’s edge. Wasn’t Ginebra…
Authenticity By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EARLY morning past midnight, I received a call from Luz Maria Lopez, a friend from Puerto Rico. Luz and I met at a 2016 literary conference in India and maintained our friendship since that time. We have occasional video chats that lasted for thirty…
Women’s volleyball teams unified By Atty. Farah G. Decano SOMETHING spectacular in volleyball sports is in the offing this women’s month. There seems to be a merger of the top volleyball associations in the country- the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) and Philippine Super Liga (PSL). The two associations have…
How to be a cycling champ (Second of two series) By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ALLOW me to describe here the cycling training I did which I believe enabled me to reach the cycling apex, winning the runner-up plums twice in1965 and 1967 during my heydays, then the fabled 1973…
Rich woman requests to change seat Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in Demic’s page on Facebook that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. A RICH young woman sat beside a poor elderly man on a plane. She…
What holds for Dagupan’s garbage? By Leonardo Micua THE closure of the Urdaneta Sanitary Landfill by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for various violations of environmental laws and specifically for converting itself into a mere open dumpsite, inevitably put not only booming Urdaneta City that owns the…
No bus trips from Dagupan to QC? By Ermin Garcia Jr. SOMETHING just isn’t right – I see provincial buses cruising to La Union and Ilocos provinces from Quezon City but no provincial bus coasting along to Pangasinan. How is it possible that the smaller provinces with much smaller…
The movie in Pacquiao’s mind By Al S. Mendoza IT seems Manny Pacquiao is bent on running for President in 2022. Already, he has two videos circulating in social media profiling him as, well, a good netizen fit to occupy Malacanang Palace. I believe more character build-ups are coming….
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