Donaire disappoints in his Mathebula fight By Al S. Mendoza WHILE I wasn’t happy with the result of the Pacquiao-Bradley fight on June 10, I wasn’t also happy with the way Pacquiao fought that day. Pacquiao clearly won that fight and yet, two of the three judges gave Bradley the…
Nakakadismaya By Bebot Villar FINALLY, mukhang honest and sincere na ang campaign against illegal drugs sa Dagupan City. I am glad that local leaders and the police finally realized the terrifying impact of the drug menace if they do not lift a finger to solve it. Mabuti naman at hindi…
Executive Order 79 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD WITH but truth in mind and reality at heart, the mining industry in the Philippines has been long guilty of no less than a downright detestable triple exploitation – taking advantage of no less than three big victims in this side of…
July is for Wimbledon, TdF and the Olympics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Wimbledon is acclaimed as the world’s oldest and most prestigious lawn tennis tournament participated in by the best players in the universe. The annual tourney had just concluded last week with Swiss player Roger Federer winning…
Homegrown By Marifi Jara “…not in bloody concrete, nothing can grow in concrete.” – The Constant Gardener (film) MY fondest memory of my late paternal grandfather, Lolo Cadiong, a GI (genuine Ilocano) school teacher, is his Sunday visits to our home with his bayong full of vegetables harvested from his…
The enterprising fry dealers By Roberto Garcia MANY in the bangus and shrimp growing industry must have encountered the so-called “ahente” or dealers who supply the required fry or fingerling to pond operators usually at a higher cost than at farm gate price. This business is highly competitive in that…
Missing: BSL‘s kamay na bakal By Ermin Garcia Jr. I laud Mayor Benjie Lim for visibly trying to get the community to rise and join the fight against illegal drugs. But I am afraid it’s really all for show and little else but to cover up his administration’s ineptness. His…
Uprooting the drug problem By Jun Velasco “ Begin: “To begin is half the work. Let half still remain: again begin this, and you will have finished,” Ausonius MAYOR Benjie Lim’s impassioned resolve to crush the drug menace in the city, a notorious lair of pushers and users, is long overdue….
Beware the curse of Magsaysay By Gonzalo Duque WE had a group of visiting tourists over the weekend. One of them was full of praises to our city officials especially Mayor Benjie Lim for changing the face of the city with beautiful buildings. He was impressed by the appearance of…
Lessons learned from Don Allado By Al S. Mendoza I only have pity for Don Allado. My heart sank after learning of what he’d done. No sane person would have done what he’d done. What Don Allado did was like hearing Manny Pacquiao say, “I lost to Timothy Bradley.” Or,…
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