The Pacquiao-Mayweather battle By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SUNDAY morning (Dec. 14) when I read the headlines of our national broadsheets saying that the much-awaited megabucks world title battle between Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Floyd “Money” Mayweather will finally push through on May 2 next year. I…
Look to Jesus By Hilda Austria CHRISTMAS is just around the corner, but my excitement for it diminished since I got this infection in my pharynx with severe colds, that weakened my body and impaired my taste buds. How can I enjoy the celebration and all the feasts in…
IRRESPONSIBLE PRACTICE. A broadcaster in Pangasinan is being probed by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) officers composed of station managers for his irresponsible practice as practicing broadcaster, particularly concocting facts. The latest of which was his claim in his block time program that a ranking KBP official…
Going to war By Ermin Garcia Jr. THOUSANDS of families in Pangasinan stand to be directly benefitted by the pledge and commitment of Guv Spines, in particular, to engage drug lords, syndicates and pushers in a total war before his final term as governor ends in 2016. That should…
A school’s odyssey By Jun Velasco “Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.” —- Plato ILLEGAL drugs, it must be stated with derision, have become an ordinary nuisance. Something is seriously wrong if the community loses its guard against its pernicious damage to…
In God’s own time By Gonzalo Duque THERE are events or circumstances in our lives that we thought were un-connected but would later show they were inter-connected after all. We have seen the truth of this in a recent experience. Last Wednesday during the Anti-Drug Summit in Lingayen, Pangasinan,…
Again, an acid test to Fil-Am Golf’s towering stature By Al S. Mendoza YOU may have already read/heard about it: A player was disqualified for cheating in the just-ended 65th San Miguel Fil-Am Golf Invitational in nearby Baguio that was also backstopped by Toyota. In previous columns, I did…
Flawed protocol of BFAR By Bebot Villar IT’S unfortunate that one person had to die in Bolinao the other week simply for eating tahong! Well, in the days that followed, 32 persons more had to be taken to different hospitals in western Pangasinan because of paralytic shellfish poisoning. It…
They came, they saw, they conquered again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE have to thank God that the force of super typhoon Ruby had weakened and most of all the core of its wrath spared our province. Yes, “Prayers can move Mountains!” For this, the Sta. Barbara Cycling Challenge…
The drug menace By Johanne Macob NEXT to poverty, illegal drug trafficking is a major problem in the country today, so said our Governor. No argument to that.. Illegal drugs are evil substances that directly and indirectly cause the commission of heinous crimes. Shabu addiction leads users to become sex…
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