Staying neutral again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS you read this piece, the comeback fight of Filipino boxing icon former world champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao against WBO (World Boxing Organization) titleholder Jessie Vargas may still be in progress or may already be over. Nonetheless, I still think Pacman,…
ANOTHER COAL-FIRED PLANT? We doff our hat to President Rodrigo Duterte for saying ‘no’ to the revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant as proposed by some sectors including our former Cong. Mark Cojuangco, the chief exponent of this idea ever since he was in Congress and even in…
When farmers lose P100-M By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE we go again. The national and local governments continue to issue statements, giving estimates about the millions worth of losses in agricultural products in the provinces battered by Typhoons Karen and Lawin. As usual, the reports were incomplete and inaccurate….
Ms. Mocha Uson in focus By Gonzalo Duque PRESIDENT Digong Duterte is getting all kinds of flak and, also, thank God, accolades! What he is doing is cornering all the goods, contracts, deals, loans from every corner of the world, including if not especially, socialist countries. Just like what…
To uphold equality, let’s also issue visas to Yanks By Al S. Mendoza WHEN was the last time you went to the US embassy to request for an American visa? And was your wish granted? Never mind. I know what happened. You were denied. You have not even started…
China, Russia and USA By Ulysses R. Butuyan NO MILITARY ALLIANCE, JOINT OIL EXPLORATION WITH CHINA. Governance by trial and error also works. How can we even write “alliance” and “exploration” in Chinese? Shall we also start learning Russian? Putin ina! MM TRAFFIC RANKED AMONG THE WORST IN WORLD….
The stories of two ‘Vargas’ By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE two biggest national sports news nowadays are the disqualification of ABAP (Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines) president Ricky Vargas to run for the POC (Philippine Olympic Committee) presidency this coming November 25 elections and the comeback fight…
ILLEGAL AND IRREGULAR. The four members of the minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan are now on the spot for taking advantage of the physical absence of all members of the majority in the session hall and of Mayor Belen Fernandez when they passed a controversial resolution welcoming the entry…
OMG, PDU30 will cut out USA! By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOT a few, including relatives in US, have asked us about our thoughts on the recent dramatic and unprecedented, ‘unpresidential’ statements of PDU30 while in China. The questions were mostly apprehensions about possible consequences, if indeed, PHL cuts ties…
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