Meticulously planned By Jun Velasco “The aim of education is the wise use of leisure,” Aristotle OVER dinner at JDV’s 78th birthday celebration at his Forbes Park residence, we couldn’t help admire former President Fidel V. Ramos queuing it out with the rest of the visitors at the…
Chat with JDV By Gonzalo Duque ON December 26, at a little past 6 p.m.., we took a quick drive from the Sanctuario de San Antonio at Forbes Park to the plush residence of former Speaker Joe De Venecia in the company of Jun Velasco, his wife Cathy, newsman…
Ups and downs in the year past By Al S. Mendoza THE year just ended had its usual ups and downs. The ups were we shone bright in the Spain Fiba Worlds and in cycling. We played well in Spain to gain world recognition in basketball, and Daniel Caluag…
We never learn our lessons By Bebot Villar BY the time this column sees print, it will already be 2015! Surely, kabilang sa mga balitang bubulaga sa atin dito sa Pangasinan ay ang bilang ng mga nasaktan dahil sa paggamit ng firecrackers. As I write this piece, mayroon nang…
National sponsorships By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THERE has been a stiff competition and rivalry of two big national cycling tours being held annually for the last five years for sponsorship in 2011. These are the world governing body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) sanctioned four-day Le Tour de Filipinas sponsored…
My New Year’s Resolution By Hilda Austria LOOKING back, last December was probably the saddest Christmas season I had so far. I got pharyngitis and my mother was hospitalized due to dengue (thank God she is well now) while some persons close to me also fell ill. But, it…
IDEAL PUBLIC SERVICE. How I wish all employees in government offices could be like the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Baguio City. Here’s the story of a satisfied client. A woman in her 40s who did not identify herself as a media practitioner, with no connections…
Holiday mood on hold By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week my holiday mood was rudely interrupted by two totally unexpected news stories on my table: 1) The Dagupan City councilors deliberately shelved the proposed 2015 budget for the city and reportedly have no intention of passing it until Mayor…
Idyllic drug rehab center By Jun Velasco “He that does good to another, does good also to himself, not only in the consequences, but in the very act,” –Seneca A CATHOLIC prelate made our day when he lifted “Rev.” Manny Pacquiao’s sermon on its “better to give than…
Al Fernandez counsels greenhorn By Gonzalo Duque WE had difficulty understanding the reason of our Dagupan City councilors—some of them anyway—in requesting some P2 million financial assistance” from the city’s budget. It puts a bad taste in the mouth. But they did the “hampassible.” Kawawa naman ang mga pobre….
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