Remembering boxer Anthony Villanueva By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER 40 days at Uncle Sam’s land, I’m back. My visit this time to the states of Texas and California was my longest, so far. I managed to watch from there some world sporting events on TV like this year’s Tour…
The Hundred Islands today By Johanne Margarette R. Macob IT was only two years ago when I first ‘explored’ one of the country’s wonders. Back then, my friend and I were already in awe of the beauty of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP). We quickly shrugged off our ‘should…
Mayor Belen, the real “Drugbuster”? By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY, Dagupan has a mayor who is prepared to wage a real war against druglords for the sake of the city’s families whose bonds are threatened everyday by the effects of illegal drugs. Hopefully, with Mayor Belen Fernandez finally donning…
Dr. Au Reyna, the Pope’s church lay leader “Actually, no one deserves anything from the Lord. Everything is grace and this is a gift of grace from the Lord,” – Bishop Socrates Villegas OUR friend, Dr. Aurora Samson-Reyna, senior vice president of the University of Luzon, must be on…
Media work By Gonzalo Duque IT may interest you to know that this columnist is not a sophomore in media work. Fact of the matter is we had a weekly column, “Dialogue,” in The Courier even before the Martial Law years. But we are new in the broadcast industry….
A golf game made Pacquiao a basketball coach By Al S. Mendoza JUST because he loved basketball first before boxing, Manny Pacquiao became head coach of Kia Motors basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). I got this straight from the so-called horse’s mouth. She is Ginia Domingo,…
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) By Oscar V. Cruz THE “Program” was supposed to be “Comprehensive” for the “Reform” of huge and impressive “Agrarian” possessions of some blessed and distinguished families all over the Country – a famous hacienda somewhere in Tarlac well-included. In fact, in 1998, Agrarian Reform…
Damaged friendship By Bebot Villar HOW many politicos have we known who embarrassed themselves if not finding themselves implicated in corruption cases because of the negligence and poor judgment of their staff? A lot. And today, we see three of our honorable senators na sabit sa PDAF scam ay…
The road to globalization By Johanne Margarette R. Macob THE proposal to drop ‘Filipino’ subjects in the college level has gone controversial. Well, yes there’s a need to be more globally competitive, and being fluent in English is but a great way to do that. Yet, to just trash out…
Friendly “texts” to hitmen By Ermin Garcia Jr. NO matter how hard I try to see the logic and purpose of the decision of the PNP to suspend the privilege granted licensed firearm holders in Pangasinan to carry their firearms outside their residence, I simply cannot see an iota…
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