Heroes & villains cropping up in ABS-CBN case By Al S. Mendoza LET us be clear. The issue in the ABS-CBN case is not press freedom but rather legal. Press freedom is not being curtailed at ABS-CBN. The media giant has never been censored in its airing of news,…
Magnificent seven navy men By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER five days of tough road battle, the eight-man Philippine Navy/Standard Insurance (PNSI) squad surprisingly sprung out to dominating the 4th and 5th stages of the 10-day Ronda Pilipinas bikathon and captured the individual and team leadership after more than…
Sports Eye
How to Cultivate Compassion? Radhanath Swami By Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in Radhanath Swami’s page on Facebook, that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THERE’S a saying, if you lose your wealth you lose nothing, if you lose your health…
Learnings in Life
Stop constructive dismissal By Leonardo Micua IN this issue is an article about an employee holding a second-level position in the Dagupan City government who resisted his reassignment to the Waste Management Division and got the justice that he deserves from the Civil Service Commission. This should encourage…
Random Thoughts
Garbage mess, Mayor Lim’s responsibility By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Brian Lim administration in Dagupan City came to power with its touted slogan Shared Responsibility (which by the way is not an original slogan by the Lims). But since he assumed his post, city residents have not heard the…
Punchline
Duterte first PHL president to defy America By Al S. Mendoza WHEN Barack Obama was still America’s president, he criticized President Duterte’s war on drugs. That was in 2016, Obama’s last year in office. That was in 2016, Mr. Duterte’s first year at Malacanang. I distinctly remember Digong’s reaction…
General Admission
Gov. Pogi complies with directives to protect us By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UPON learning that the start-finish-start of the 6th and 7th stages in Lingayen of this year’s Ronda Pilipinas bikathon was scrapped, some of our local bets called and asked me what the real score was behind…




