A giant in the making By Al S. Mendoza ADD Jordan Spieth to Tiger Woods and Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao and Woods are sports giants, yes, but Spieth has the makings of one. Maybe because Spieth’s name, Jordan, is the family name of the greatest basketeer of all time that’s…
Why not “Senator Rachel” ? By Bebot Villar WHETHER we like it or not, the political pot in Pangasinan and elsewhere in the country is already brewing. Painit na nang painit kasabay ng patindi nang patinding summer heat. Yung mga prospective candidates have been making their presence felt. Nagpaparamdam…
Deretsahan
Introducing Dallas’ Jordan Spieth By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DALLAS, TEXAS—-Dallas sports fans here including some of our countrymen who are golf lovers were so ecstatic last Sunday upon learning that their homegrown kid, the unheralded and little-known Jordan Spieth had won the world’s most prestigious 2015 Masters Golf Tournament…
Sports Eye
Second Life By Johanne Macob BEFORE everyone in our family started with our annual Easter Egg hunt, I found myself ‘lost’ for a moment. It was 11 a.m., an hour after arriving in one of our favorite resorts where my nephews’ and nieces’ love to swim and everyone’s choice love for…
Young Roots
TOINKS & BOOM! This police chief does not know the meaning of timeliness of news for the public. Four hours after the drowning of five minors happened last Tuesday, a reporter called up P/Chief Inspector Dominic Poblete, police chief of Bugallon town. This was on the suggestion of P/Superintendent Ferdinand…
Random Thoughts
Bonanza and disappointment By Ermin Garcia Jr. BETWEEN efforts and initiatives of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and DILG Sec. Mar Roxas alone, Pangasinan has been reaping a lot of benefits for its people. Last Thursday, Mr. Cayetano was in Dagupan and Bayambang to create more opportunities to improve the…
Punchline
‘Mar Roxas is only worthy opponent’—BBM By Jun Velasco “When the going gets tough, the tough get going,” — Robert Schuller A CASUAL talk with a stalwart of BBM otherwise known as Buong Bayan Magkaisa for Bongbong Marcos Movement revealed that the group is seriously, if not fiercely, at work…
Think about it
Pista’y Dayat beginnings recalled By Gonzalo Duque IT is with utmost humility that we recall the beginnings of Pista’y Dayat in our province. Our father, the late former Gov. Francisco “Paco” Duque Jr., was its founder when he was governor. This was authenticated by local historian Restituto Basa, who…
Playing with Fire
Rooting for Tiger Woods By Al S. Mendoza IS Tiger Woods leading the Masters or not? Or, is he out of the Top 10 and too far from the leader to contend for the crown? Or, God forbid, did he get cut on Saturday, April 12? I ask the…
General Admission
Vigilance always pays off By Bebot Villar THERE are these people who do not give a damn, whether its Holy Week or not, and they will not be stopped from committing crimes they are used to. They are the heartless, callous people who would stop at nothing to attain…




