Arrogance of LTO By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE PNoy government is fast losing public support as shown by recent public surveys. And it’s easy to surmise it is largely due to misguided policies of its agencies, the most recent of which is the Land Transportation Office’s “No Plate, No…
Symbol of hope By Jun Velasco “ A good place to keep your friends is out of politics.” – E.C. McKenzie KID Kulafu, a new movie on the life of Pambansang Kamao Manny Pacquiao, has a ring of legend that would inspire children of poor parents, to also…
Mar improves, but Duterte zooms! By Gonzalo Duque THE next few days will be crucial to Secretary Mar Roxas, the LP’s – and President P-noy’s – presumptive candidate for president. He, Mar, was in town the other week to meet sectoral leaders. He also called on Archbishop Soc Villegas….
Pacquiao pining for another miracle By Al S. Mendoza IT used to be that only in chess do we maximize mind power to extract a win. Not anymore, fellas. Boxing has intruded into this exclusive domain. And I refer especially to the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. By the way they are…
Who will run unopposed? By Bebot Villar TO refresh your memory, 21 candidates for Congress, board member, mayor, vice mayor and councilor in Pangasinan in the 2013 elections ran unopposed. Two were congresswomen, two were board members, five for mayor, four for vice mayor and eight for councilor in…
They pick Pacman to win By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FORTH WORTH, TEXAS—-The talk of the world now in sports is about the coming mega-bucks world title unification welterweight bout between Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. of U.S. and our Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao on May 3 at…
NOT READY FOR K+12. At least two petitions for injunction were filed against R.A. 10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 – the K+12 program, so far. The controversial program will add two more years in high school. Petitioners versus K+12 dubbed the program as “anti-Filipino” because it…
They who live for others Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Espino administration should be congratulated anew for honoring a distinguished group of professionals and business people with its Annual ASNA Awards. The organizers and the selection committee performed again creditably with their choice of this year’s awardees. I particularly support…
Warning vs those who play around with the hoi poloi By Jun Velasco “The greatest mistake we ever make is not learning from and correcting the first one” – John Maxwell SUMMER in Pangasinan and its coastal towns including Dagupan City is always with fun and frolic. No less…
Sulong Zambales vs ‘Farah Dagupan!’ By Gonzalo Duque WE said so. Mayor Rodty Duterte for Malacanang in 2016 and onwards. As we wrote this on Friday, Punch deadline, the SWS reported the following acceptability ratings: Binay – hmm, despite the corruption issues – remains on top with 31%; Grace…
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