“My Grown Up Christmas List” By Johanne Margarette R. Macob NO, I am not going to review the song with the same title. I would just like to somehow imitate the goodness of the song’s message. I just woke up but what really stirred me was this email from ‘Ate’…
The latest joke and lie By Ermin Garcia Jr. HAVE you heard the funniest joke and lie going around Dagupan City? Mayor Benjamin S. Lim is an outstanding mayor, a declaration by a pr marketing group! From all appearances, Mayor Lim must have played a nasty joke on a group…
Punchline
What if no KO in Pacquiao, Marquez brawl? By Jun Velasco “Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth,” Aesop TODAY, December 9 (birthday of brod Dante) or 12 days before the Mayan prophecy of the Solar System completing its straight-line formation after 26,000 years, our “churches will suffer in…
Think about it
MCAdore or Macaderya? By Gonzalo Duque OUR sincere condolence to the family of former Gov. Tito Primicias who died last Monday at age 81. Life is like that, mga agagui. Life, indeed, is too short. Let’s not waste it in trivial things. May Manong Tito rest in peace!
Playing with Fire
Only a knockout By Al S. Mendoza KNOCKOUT is the only word needed to describe the Pacquiao-Marquez fight today. A knockout win for Pacquiao. Or a knockout win for Marquez. Pacquiao must win by knockout or his credibility, if not his reputation, will suffer terribly. He’s been saying all along…
General Admission
Will DILG Sec. Roxas listen? By Bebot Villar LOOKS like ang laking usapin ang inclusion ng Pangasinan as one of the 15 high-risk areas as announced by Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas. Firstly, the provincial government pinatawag ang mga mayors, board members, regional and provincial police officers and…
Deretsahan
Just for the record: “Responsible Parenthood” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TIME and again, Malacañang invoked the phrase “Responsible Parenthood” with either the lamentable wrong understanding thereof or the devious intention of deceiving those concerned with the plight of the People (population) of the Philippines. While this particular issue about…
Viewpoints
50-50 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BY the time you read this piece, I believe the much-publicized and much-touted Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fourth collision might still be in progress or is already over. Yes, it’s been the talk of the town for the past few weeks by boxing aficionados…
Sports Eye
Being Santa By Johanne Margarette R. Macob IT’S about two weeks more before Christmas comes. I bet many, if not all, of us are already rattling about gift ideas, with questions like “what to give” and “will he/she like it?”. Of course we all want to be appreciated and if…




