Agenda for new Tapuac Kap Cuison By Gonzalo Duque WE open our column with a sad, touching news about everybody’s favorite martial arts actor Jet Li who is down with hyper thyroidism and spinal ailments. He took over the place of Bruce Lee who died mysteriously at the height…
‘Bayad na tayo’ aka ‘public trust’ By Al S. Mendoza A public post is a public trust. What is the meaning of that? Once you get a government position—elected or appointed—you must treat it with respect. Protect it with your life even. It’s like you are dealing with your…
Historic 2018 Le Tour de Filipinas By Jesus A. Garcia Jr THE title of my column last week was “A different 2018 Le Tour de Filipinas”. Indeed, it was not only a different 2018 Le Tour de Filipinas (LTdF) cycling road battle among international racers but turned out to…
Sleeping through the storm By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story or an article I read in a page in www.inspire21.com. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications, he…
LÍWANG Nen Melchor Orpilla LÍWANG / LAWÁNG (onung ëd impangusar nën Pablo Mejia) – (pangingaran/noun) say pasën a sangkaawangan no ontangay so too manlapud dalin; say maawang ya ispasio ëd tagëy na mundo; himpapawid/panginorin ëd Tagalog, Tangatang ëd Ilokano. ALIMBAWA: Mantëkyab ëd líwang ira’y dakël a kanãway. No pano’y…
ERFE-MEJIA’S CONFUSED VOTE– Many are wondering if the vote of the lone wolf in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, as “partial objection” to a measure put under consideration is a “yes” or “no” and whether such a vote is acceptable in parliamentary practice. I say “lone wolf” because it…
May 20, 1966: Ermin Garcia was murdered By Ermin Garcia Jr. MANY may no longer remember that 52 years ago today, May 20, 1966, my father, Ermin E. Garcia (EEG), our founding editor-publisher, was shot and killed in our editorial office here in Dagupan City by then Lingayen Councilor…
Poll winners, congrats, but work! By Gonzalo Duque THE country just had its successful village elections. Hooray and congratulations to the winners! But sorry… try better next election — to the losers. May mga alingasngas, there are complaints here and there — that’s part of the game. That’s democracy…
The Rush launch in Balesin By Al S. Mendoza I wrote this in Balesin Island, the so-called paradise in Quezon Province found in Polilio town some 300 kms northeast of Manila. The Balesin Resort, consisting of nearly 600 hectares of forest land with white sand beaches surrounding it, is solely…
Duterte’s vagina monologue: Hope for the flowers By Virginia J. Pasalo SHOOT the vagina, ad infinitum. An inky business, cloudy and sinister as fake news. Trying very hard to focus attention on his anti-women remarks to draw attention away from more important matters such as the unprecedented foreign debt,…
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