The Fernandez enigma By Jun Velasco “Justice delayed is worse than injustice,” Jewish folksong IT’S unbelievable! There’s more than meets the eyes in a report that Councilor Alfie Fernandez, son of political mogul, former Mayor and Bureau of Immigration chair Al Fernandez Jr., quit his tandem with re-electionist Mayor…
Wharton Pennsylvania vs. War-torn Mindanao By Gonzalo Duque CHRISTMAS came to LNU early. Sports-wise and academic-wise, that is. Why? Obvious! Our Dukes captured last week the Northern Luzon – Central Luzon championship in the Universities and Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan (UCAAP) games. We have hiked our stars to…
Vintage Duterte wrecks Roxas By Al S. Mendoza SLAPFEST first. Fistfight second. Gun duel third. Those were the recent headline-huggers. But to be sure, none of that had happened. Main characters were Digong Duterte and Mar Roxas. Duterte, the derring-do Davao City mayor running for president in 2016, had…
Drug problem as campaign issue By Bebot Villar LAST week, we were made to witness inappropriate mudslinging among our presidential candidates. Ang latest na reported sa media ay ang hamunan ng “sampalan,” na nauwi sa “suntukan” at bandang huli ay “barilan” sa pagitan ng dalawa sa ating mga magigiting…
Mexican Juarez deserves a rematch By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE saw on TV how the five-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. reclaimed the WBO (World Boxing Organization) super bantamweight title by outpointing the durable and sturdy Mexican ring warrior Cesar Juarez last Sunday in San Juan,…
THUMBS UP FOR DFA BAGUIO! Unknown to many, passport processing at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) office in SM Baguio is as quick and easy as A B C. A journalist told me how she found this out after she went to Robinsons Mall in Calasiao town which has…
Local pols’ dilemma over Du30 By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE not-totally unexpected filing of candidacy of Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte reportedly sent a number of politicos initially into a tizzy. Suddenly they saw a sure winner, a game changer! But how do they cut off from their original…
The son also rises By Jun Velasco “He that does good to another, does good also to himself, not only in the consequences, but in the very act.”– SENECA EDITORS of the Manila papers must have seen the danger of Mother Earth teetering on “catastrophe” while glued on the…
It’s criminality and drugs, stupid! By Gonzalo Duque WALA na talaga! They — critics, detractors, hypocrites mostly — have been destroying our man, Rody Duterte, to block his presidential destiny. But para silang bolan manpoktal! Hmm… our bet continues to zoom upward. Ala na… nagsalita na ang taong bayan,…
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