17 drug law violators down, but…. By Gonzalo Duque DID you notice – our young people today are not keen in entering politics? This subject was our exciting subject during a board meeting of the Dagupan City Water District recently. Look at the quality of leaders – those who pretend…
Prius spotlight-grabber in Tokyo Motor Show By Al S. Mendoza TOKYO—Twenty-two years later, I am still at it: Covering the Tokyo Motor Show. It is a once-in-two-years thing and I haven’t kicked the habit since I covered it in 1993 for the first time. I never missed a single show…
Sad story about Bonuan Binloc By Bebot Villar THE successful raid of a drug den in Brgy. Bonuan Binloc is now a hot issue in Dagupan City. That was a most-awaited event for me since this barangay is often mentioned in this column. Hindi ako nag-plano na pasikatin ang barangay…
Nibbling on the nipple By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo ALL over the world, men and women are taking a bold stand, through their art, to call attention to various issues such as climate change, violence against women, peace and order, human rights and other social issues. Environmental activists have performed in…
Nietes chases super fight By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. GONE were the crowns of our three boxing greats, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (welterweight), Donito “The Filpino Flash” Donaire, Jr. (featherweight), and Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (flyweight). They all lost their world belts one after the other. Donaire and Viloria’s setbacks were…
What scares you? By Johanne Margarette R. Macob SINCE it’s Halloween time, and traditionally this season is supposedly about ghosts and ghouls, I’m reminded to write about scary things, at least, the things that I think are scary. This brings me to what my mom used to tell me when…
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON – Senator Bong Marcos maintained that he is all for the putting up of nuclear plants if that is good for the country, to bring down the cost of electricity of which the country has about the highest if not the highest in Asia. We asked him point blank…
Barangay Binloc Gang By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE drug den raid conducted by combined elements of PNP and PDEA in Barangay Bonuan Binloc lived up to the expectation of the One-Time, Big-Time policy of the PNP national and local leaderships. There were two things that came to light in…
Why CTQ is running for mayor By Jun Velasco “All politics is local,” TIP O’NEIL, former US Speaker THE election fever once again will show bizarre ways candidates will use to win in the polls by hook or by crook. We feel debauched by the cash handout, we…
Emulate Al By Gonzalo Duque WEEKS before the filing of the COC’s, we were talking about a united administration-opposition ticket in Dagupan City led by Mayor Belen Fernandez and Vice Mayor Brian Lim. It turned out, it was not to be. Nag-file si mayora with Councilor Alfie Fernandez as…
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