Gone free! By Jing Villamil THERE are true stories begging to be told. This is one. He was just turning thirty, but eight of his young adult years had been spent in dialysis. Those who are familiar with the procedure would know what it forebodes: the whole of one’s being…
Wanted: The farmers’ champion By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT is heartening to learn that Fourth District’s Cong Toff de V has refiled his Magna Carta for Young Farmers in the 18th Congress which was unacted on in the previous Congress. Perhaps, the bill may never be passed because the intended…
Punchline
Payback time for Acosta, Erfe By Gonzalo Duque I just arrived from San Francisco, CA where I had an enjoyable time with Ex-Mayor Jose “Bogs” Esteves of Milpitas City, our kabaleyan, who invited the media in the West Coast to interview me. I suddenly became a very popular figure because of my…
Playing with Fire
Pacquiao to win by KO between 5-9 rounds By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, time to make a prediction. It’s a job that I have to face from time to time. Part of the territory. I should not have been a columnist, dealing mainly on sports, if I would avoid this…
General Admission
The endless PH sports woes By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE are just over four months away from hosting the 30th Southeast Asia Games this year but until now our national governing sports bodies, the Philippine Olympic Committee’ and Philippines Sports commission’s (POC) power squabble continue. Worse, another tarnishing image…
Sports Eye
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. The Praying HandsAuthor Unknown Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely…
Learnings in Life
Teaching Thurman a lesson By Leonardo Micua NO doubt, all Filipinos are glued to their seats today in front of their TV sets to watch the epic battle in Las Vegas, Nevada between our own fighting Senator Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao against the undefeated super welterweight champion, the trash-talking Keith Thurman….
Random Thoughts
Gone too soon By Jing Villamil WE do not bury our children. They bury us. This is how things are supposed to go. Fetus, neonate, infant, toddler, pre-school, almost unending school-age, adults thereafter. Life lived to the full. For us older folks, when the sun had risen for the last…
Feelings
First legacy for Lim administration? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE opening of the spanking transport terminal on De Venecia Highway will go a long way at decongesting worsening vehicular traffic in Dagupan City. That the heavy vehicular congestion is going to happen is a no brainer. Every year, more families…




