BIG IDEAS. BIG PROJECTS – Things are now all falling into place in Pangasinan and Dagupan City. Imagine, a Chinese company is exploring the possibility of building a commercial railway that will connect all cities in Pangasinan, and Dagupan City was recently named an economic zone in the country. All these…
A time for redemption By Ermin Garcia Jr. GIVEN the results of the dialogue initiated by the Moro community leaders in Pangasinan, we have reason to be assured that there will be no immediate spillover of the violence being witnessed in Marawi City. Not soon anyway but the likelihood will…
Rizal stayed in Dagupan, Lingayen By Gonzalo Duque WE were in Canada when we wrote this. You know, wherever we were in this super cool country, we missed the warmth and sizzling scenes back home. Just before we took off for Manila last week, we bumped into a history…
Gambling is a deadly game By Al S. Mendoza THERE’S a big difference between a gambler and a gamer. A gambler mostly bets money and a gamer rarely bets money. I am game to a lunch bet on who would win between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn. Well, to…
Singapore sports heroes By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNLIKE my first and third visit to Singapore which were both related to sports activities (2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2015 SEA Games), my fourth trip to the beautiful and booming city-state Singapore last June 2-6 was like my second, for…
PANGASINAN, A CRADLE OF HEROES – On the occasion of Philippine Independence Day on Monday, we dug up an old article we posted on the Internet a long time ago and which can still be accessed till today. We wrote that the province of Pangasinan attained its full independence from Spain…
How to survive Dutertespeak By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S a friendly and brotherly advice to Duterte’s loyal supporters who are constantly perplexed, baffled and embarrassed by their idol’s off-the-cuff statements coming out of left field, and to his yellow loyal haters who are constantly frothing in the mouth, their blood…
President Digong, visionary By Gonzalo Duque OUR tough-talking President, in case you couldn’t catch up with his unusual, revolutionary governance, is not all fight and “mura.” He is a great revolutionary and a visionary, too. A friend, brilliant Muslim leader we talked to recently has the goods on Digong….
Give Cavs a 2-0 lead and they’d be champs—again By Al S. Mendoza Give Cavs a 2-0 lead and they’d be champs—again IF the Cleveland Cavaliers did not win Game 1 two days ago, fine. It is still too early to say the Golden State Warriors will win the…
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