Unique 2016 Ronda bikathon By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked to know from some of the participants in the 2016 Ronda Pilipinas bikathon that only the champion of each leg (Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao) was given a prize. No runners-up prizes as well as incentives for the survivors. There…
Sports Eye
Pista’y Dayat lamet! By Johanne R. Macob I WAS drawn earlier to write about the overbearing presidential bets’ issues since my Facebook newsfeed has been filled with them. But then I remembered that I’ve told myself to wait for the last presidential debate to make up my mind about…
Young Roots
WHO NEEDS COMELEC CONTROL? The knee-jerk proposal of two politicians asking two towns in Pangasinan to be placed under Comelec control could be sending wrong signal to the people that there is a state of lawlessness in these towns–Urbiztondo and Bayambang. I asked my friend from Urbiztondo, Ricky, if lawlessness…
Random Thoughts
Think presidential tandem voting By Ermin Garcia Jr. BLOCK voting is desirable for our country principally because it places accountability on political parties or groups. While block voting was never adopted in our election laws, the practice served us well in the past, particularly when we still had the…
Punchline
‘Darling of the people’ By Gonzalo Duque AS we go to the press, our presidential bet Rody Duterte is more and more becoming the darling, no, not of the press, but of the people! Kahit saan ka pumunta ang Digong dumadagundong! Both prestigious poll survey organizations SWS and…
Playing with Fire
Pacquiao hardly scores convincing win By Al S. Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao won, all right. But was it really convincing? Hardly. He won it hands down but not totally significant. Modesty aside, I also scored the fight 116-110 in Pacquiao’s favor. A friend of mine seated beside me during the…
General Admission
Of blackout, voters and drugs By Ulysses R. Butuyan 15 drug groups active in Pangasinan. Who cares? The police are yet to catch the druglords, assuming they have the slightest intention to do that. Duterte: I need a decent man as VP. Suppose the decent man, however, needs a…
