“Kayo Ang Boss Ko!” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “KAYO ang boss ko!” It cannot be otherwise, considering that the Philippines is committed to observe the principles and spirit of republican democracy in governance. It is but a presumed or given mandatory norm of conduct by all government officials –…
2013 Ronda Pilipinas bikathon By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR THE last two years, the LBC courier company has been sponsoring a bicycle marathon called “LBC Ronda Pilipinas.” Started in September 2011 and originally ran in ten days, the multi-stage bikathon was for professional and amateur riders with multi-million pesos…
Sports Eye
A royal house it was, a royal house it will be By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I ONCE dreamt of becoming a part of a royal family, a princess, perhaps. Literally dreamt about it. In that dream, I was being served by a lot of people with all of the…
Young Roots
By Leonardo J. Galvez BUILDING a hospital is a laudable project. No question about it. While other municipal corporations are scavenging for funds, the city has earmarked fifty million pesos for a 24-bed edifice. But for heaven’s sake, why drive away the innocent kids from their present abode to give…
Disenfranchising the chikitings!
The PAL Approach By S. Bill Jimenez PAL: Pray. Accept. Love. Three action principles that will help us in being a true friend to other people. “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main,” wrote John Donne. As…
A Kabaleyan’s Thoughts…
Fire sale of MC Adore set By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE is another potential complaint that will be filed vs. Mayor Benjie Lim, members of the Appraisal Committee, the city assessor and the Judas 9 before the Ombudsman. The expected fire sale of the MC Adore property will be another…
Punchline
Ermin braved Martial law’s guns “The highest reward to a man’s toil is not what he gets from it, but what he becomes by it.” — John Ruskin WE recall on Friday, September 21 – albeit grudgingly – the terror of Proclamation 1081 declaring in l972 the entire archipelago under Martial…
Think about it
Crush these drug dens in Binloc and Aling, Super Sonny! By Gonzalo Duque OUR Pangasinan Press Club was lucky to have an exciting guest speaker in Col. Mariano “Sonny” Verzosa, the junior of the late former Lingayen Mayor Mariano Verzosa Sr. With his presence last Wednesday at Pedritos, Sonny broke the ugly record of…
Playing with Fire
P-Noy surprise, but watch out for Spines surprise, too By Al S. Mendoza WHILE we were sleeping, President Aquino came up with a surprise before he flew to Russia for the Apec summit the week past. He approved the P407-billion project designed primarily to finally control flooding in Metro Manila…
General Admission
No strategy for Barangay Binloc? By Bebot Villar ALAM na ng mga law enforcers na rampant ang illegal drugs sa Barangay Binloc, Dagupan City pero bakit hanggang ngayon hindi pa napapatigil? Problema na yan noon, problema pa rin until now. It remains a place of notoriety Wala nga bang “war…




