Ming Rosario miraculously survives attack By Jun Velasco “Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to no one.” — William Shakespeare OUR supposedly peaceful province was lately rocked by the shocking attempt on the life of a most gentle person, former Board Member Jeremy “Ming” Rosario, assistant provincial health officer,…
Learning Davao’s best practices By Gonzalo Duque BY the time you read this, we’ve already been to Davao City on the invitation of our friends, James Gaisano and Rene Concordia. We are expected to be joined by our two former law classmates Atty. Fred Lim and Bingbong Medialdia, also a…
Playing with Fire
‘How are you to die, might?’ By Al S. Mendoza SYDNEY—You leave house to learn and the hottest piece of conversation here today is the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight happening nearly two months from now at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since Floyd Mayweather Jr. made the announcement…
General Admission
Drugs and heinous crimes By Bebot Villar WHO would have thought that a 46-year-old man would rather have sex with a cow, and in public? That’s what happened in Silang, Cavite as reported in media last Tuesday And during the investigation of the pervert na lalaki, he confessed na it…
Deretsahan
A different tour By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – – -AFTER visiting some of my sports-minded relatives and friends in Texas, I flew to California to visit my other children, townmates and cycling friends and where I had so much fun reuniting with co-Mangaldanons in San Jose,…
Sports Eye
THE NIGHT WHEN SISON AUDITORIUM WAS NOT SO GRAND. There were three things I noticed when I attended an event last Thursday at the majestic Sison Auditorium, one of Pangasinan’s pride. In all my news coverage since this edifice was rehabilitated to its grand form under the Espino administration, I…
Random Thoughts
Super Juanas, the stronger sex By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE world is celebrating Women’s Month with the theme “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” this month, for a reason. The reason? Here’s my hypothesis – the women in this presumed man’s world have been unfairly, if not wrongly marginalized…
Punchline
VMUF, a vision that began in Dagupan Rotary By Jun Velasco “Observe your enemies, for they find out your faults.” — Aristothenes THAT 3-frame comic strip “Loveknots” by Elizabeth Chionglo said it all. She zeroed in on the weakness of the so-called Resign P-Noy movement. The comic characters’ swap…
Think about it
Assessing their chances By Gonzalo T. Duque VICE President Jojo Binay was in Binmaley town last Monday. Dumami na naman ang ugong-ugon . Is he the most popular presidential wannabe in the province? But Mar Roxas beat him by 70,000 votes in the vice presidential race hereabouts! Ok, you might…
Playing with Fire
Pacquiao a once in-a-blue-moon phenomenon By Al S. Mendoza SYDNEY—After I’ve watched Manny Pacquiao’s interview on CNN here by Ivan Watson, I thought it more wise to write about Pacquiao’s person than his coming fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The much-awaited Pacquiao-Mayweather bout has been finally sealed for May…




