Greed, opportunism and duplicity By Al S. Mendoza THE Liberal Party of P-Noy has 12 senatorial candidates like the UNA (United Nationalist Alliance) of BEE (Binay-Enrile-Erap). Fine. Nothing wrong there. But look again, fellas. Three candidates from both sides are the same. Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda and Grace Poe are…
Our communities are not safe By Bebot Villar WHEN will our public officials in Pangasinan finally act laban sa droga? Hindi pa ba sapat na dahilan na 80 percent of crimes reported, especially mga heinous crimes, ay drug-related? Aren’t they concerned na halos lahat ng towns and cities in Pangasinan…
“Same Sex Marriage” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD WHAT do people say about marriage? What does the 1988 Family Code of the Philippines state about marriage? What does the 1986 Constitution of the Philippines provide about marriage? What does the Church in the Philippines teach about marriage? What does the…
Shortest lap proved to be most crucial By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT HAPPENED before in the Tour de France and it was not unlikely that it would happen here too in the Philippines that the shortest lap in a multi-stage bicycle racing could be the decisive and the most…
LIFE 101 Lesson #1: Life’s a game By Johanne Margarette R. Macob SO the province’s going to host another national sports event, the PRISAA National Games! Yes, games. Now that made me think of the string between game and life. Is game a life or is life a game? I…
Meet Ope and Manny By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERER must really be something very wrong and disgusting about the Lim administration in Dagupan for practically the whole lot of respected political families to band together to stop the MadiLIM & MakuLIMLIM slate in its tracks. Mayor Benjie Lim’s own steadfast…
Enrile self-destructs By Jun Velasco “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.”– 2 Corinthians 5:17 MANY of you must be sporting long faces as you ogled at your TV news detailing fishwives’ exchanges between Senate…
How do you solve a problem like the Reynas? By Gonzalo Duque GOOD news for sports-minded people. The national PRISAA games hosted by our province will reel off on February 10 and last till Feb. l6. Venue is the spic’n span Narciso Ramos Sports stadium. Don’t miss it, fellas? Have you…
Armstrong lesson: Crime does not pay By Al S. Mendoza THERE is only one lesson to be learned from the Lance Armstrong case: Again, crime does not pay. By stealing seven Tour de France titles, Armstrong has lost everything except his sanity. For now? Doping was what propelled him to…
No clear-cut policy on jueteng By Bebot Villar BANGAYAN nang bangayan because of illegal numbers game—mapa jueteng, loteng, jaiteng na pare-parehong jueteng din naman yan with different names, masiao at iba pa. How many campaigns have been launched para patigilin yan? Ilang klaseng shame campaign na ba ang isinagawa to…
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