Rey Villar started it THERE was something that was pointed out at the Senate Blue Ribbon hearing on the P10 billion pork barrel fund last Thursday that should make every Pangasinense proud but I’m sure went largely unnoticed by those who monitored it. When Sen. Alan Cayetano addressed the resource…
Bani’s rebirth seen By Jun Velasco “Let him who would move the world, first move himself,” Socrates DID you see the movie “Perfect World” which stars our favorite actor, Kevin Costner? In it, what was envisaged as a world perfect turned out to be its exact opposite, an…
P-noy should seize the moment By Gonzalo Duque NEW YORK CITY—Most Pinoys here in the US of A are as disillusioned as our countrymen back home over the uncontrolled and unconscionable theft not so adroitly done by our own legislators of the National Treasury, using Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s). It’s ironic,…
Isn’t P-Noy the country’s Top Cop? By Al S. Mendoza WHAT is next after the surrender of Janet Lim-Napoles? I direct that question to President Aquino. Mr. Aquino had yet to make himself clear on the issue of the pork barrel scam when, all too suddenly like an earthquake,…
Congressmen’s projects and “SOP” By Bebot Villar NEVER doubt the power of money. Ang lakas talaga ng effect. It only took a few hours pagkatapos na mag-announce si PNoy ng P10-million reward for any information that would lead to the arrest of fugitive Janet Lim Napoles, the pork barrel…
Poor Pitiful Pinoys By +Oscar V. Cruz. JCD AFTER a travel abroad, someone announced with Pomp, Pride, and Pleasure – after having been Prepared, Prompted, and Propelled by foreigners to seek a Cloud 9 National Development Plan – the institution of the so-called the “PPP” (Public, Private, Partnership) for…
Chess genius Rodolfo Tan Cardoso, 75 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST August 21, I received a shocking text message from Pangasinan Chess League (PCL) events director Allen Garcia informing me that their league president Don Juan Sison had informed him that our good friend, chess genius Rodolfo Tan…
Of Ubilaos, cops and mufflers By Noel Cabobos HOPING to find remnants of the Ubilaos or the so-called fierce man-eating tribe back in the 18th century, I went to San Quintin, Pangasinan, where historians had written to have inhabited but have started to make their way to the mountains…
Cayetano and Lacson By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT does one make of the Filipinos generally as a people in times of crisis or when times get rough? Selfless and caring. Resilient and buoyant. Spiritual and prayerful. Tireless and dedicated. Generous and amicable. Self-sacrificing and humble. Courageous and spirited. Easily traits…
Our aborted meeting with Ninoy at Baylor Hospital By Jun Velasco “The Filipino is worth dying for”—Ninoy Aquino WHY do we remember our national heroes? Well, for one, they are our moral compass, our guiding stars, our inspiration. It was most fitting that the nation observed the 30th…
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