Vios Cup smashing debut in Cebu By Al S. Mendoza CEBU CITY—For a change, I flew here during the weekend to cover the Vios Cup, now in its Season 2. After its smashingly successful launch last year, the Vios Cup went ambitious and gunned for an out-of-town endeavor that…
Bayanihan in our schools By Bebot Villar ON June 1, there will be no more postponement. It will be green-and-go for the opening of the country’s public elementary and high schools. This is why Department of Education (DepEd) launched this year’s edition of Brigada Eskwela in our schools to…
Shame in our local sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked to learn that our Region 1 Athletic Association contingent majority of which were Pangasinenses (being the champion of this year’s Region 1 Athletic Association Meet), placed 17th and last in the just concluded 2015 Palarong Pambansa held…
Preparing for the worst By Hilda Austria AFTER the deadly earthquake in Nepal that killed thousands of lives, our Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) was alarmed by the possibility of the “Big One”, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that will originate from the West Valley Fault along the…
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. When the provincial board of Pangasinan reorganized its committee chairmanships, it forgot to list one important committee where many board members can easily qualify to become its chairman. It’s the Committee on Silence. The current composition of the board is already one year and 11 months…
Why Ermin Garcia died By Ermin Garcia Jr. PANGASINENSES who frequent Metro-Manila, more specifically Quezon City, and pass through EDSA, it is likely that one has seen a bus stop/waiting shed along Cubao area that reads: ERMIN GARCIA, not realizing that it is a landmark about Pangasinan. But ask…
Ed Maramba leads national fish congress By Jun Velasco “Give man a fish, and he will eat for a day; teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” — Confucius THE summer-heat is beginning to show in the political environment. Locally, Mayor Belen Fernandez’s…
Pangasinenses visit Rody Duterte By Gonzalo Duque DAVAO CITY — We wrote this column in Durian City. Do not be amazed if we are a frequent visitor of the next president of the Philippines. How can we help it? No less than our super friend Mayor Rody Duterte does…
A mere Xerox of the first By Al S. Mendoza WE yearn for a rematch? Because we believe that a rematch will avenge Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Quit the crap, fellers. In the return bout, Pacquiao will lose again. In a third fight, Pacquiao will lose…
Iron hand approach By Bebot Villar PANGASINAN has new officer-in-charge police director. Let’s welcome P/Senior Superintendent Belli Bagaas Tamayo. He succeeds P/Sr. Supt. Reynaldo Biay, who was OIC-PD for several months, he started around August last year. The only thing I know about P/Sr. Supt. Tamayo is he is…
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