Pangasinan duathletes unfairly sacked By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MY amigo and town mate Adje Cabrera, a sports fanatic, came to see me last week with bad news – our three duathletes, Robeno Javier of Sto. Tomas, Jeric Buhian of Asingan and Robinson Esteves of Urdaneta City, members of the…
Sports Eye
STARTING THE YEAR WRONG. Old habits are hard to break. Our honorable board members in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan were obviously still on vacation mode when they had their first regular session for 2016 last January 11. It was a Monday and was supposed to be the first working day for…
Random Thoughts
There is hope By Ermin Garcia Jr. I AM beginning to feel assured that there is finally hope for the campaign against the drug lords, in both local and national levels. Even with the obvious reluctance of presidential wannabes VP Jojo Binay, and Senators Mar Roxas and Grace Poe…
Punchline
Basista’s mayoral impasse By Jun Velasco “Democracy is beautiful in theory: in practice it is a fallacy.” — Benito Mussolini FORMER Local Government Secretary and former President Fidel V. Ramos’ braintrust Rafael Alunan was in Pangasinan Thursday and Friday. He was Governor Amado Espino’s guest. The duo is FVR…
Think about it
Election blues By Atty. Gonzalo Duque THE nation is teetering on an explosive season, with the national and local elections just around the corner. It’s barely four months away. Dakkel laray ag makaogip, mga abay. We know some of them who resort to drinking alcoholic drinks to dull their…
Playing with Fire
On the virtue of gratitude By Al S. Mendoza THE golden rule is the most invincible saying of all time. As the New Year has just dawned upon us, it is but fitting that this motto is recalled anew if only to serve as guidance for us in our…
General Admission
DDB beneficiaries must account By Bebot Villar AS Chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) for six (6) years, I made it a point that construction of drug rehabilitation centers and facilities are facilitated with grants from DDB in order that drug dependents can be served efficiently and well….
Deretsahan
What are you doing? By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo “WHAT are you doing?”, my niece Ashang casually asked me yesterday, and without waiting for an answer, a follow-up question, “Why do you do the things you do? The first question requires a simple answer. On second thought, it is a…
G Spot
Pacquiao to end career after April 9 fight? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WORLD boxing reports here in the Philippines that Manny “Pacman” Paquiao’s third fight with Timothy Bradley will be his last. After all, Pacquiao himself already said win or lose, he will finally hang up his gloves for…
