High spirits! By Emmanuelle AND, suddenly, there she was, walking past my sprawled self, like she had never left us! Forty-eight days after she died, eight days after we gave her a fairly decent send-off to heaven on her body’s fortieth day on earth. Suddenly, there she was! Previous to…
More profit in tiger shrimp culture By Roberto Garcia THE culture of tiger shrimp (locally known as sugpo or bingalo) was at the height of its popularity during the 80’s and 90’s until deadly diseases caused mass mortality and eventually huge investment losses. Though there are still some engaged in…
The onor-onors vs. 3 musketeers By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE’S a nasty rumor being spread allegedly by the nine onor-onors in the Dagupan sanggunian and their allies in city hall, a vain effort to redeem whatever is left of their honor and integrity. The line being peddled is they are…
The Tulfo brothers’ predicament By Jun Velasco “A good leader is a good follower,” Anon. DAGUPAN’S elective officials, from Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez to the last city councilor, may have suffered a knock down in the hands of Mayor Benjie Lim’s stinging straights and wallops in the unpopular MC Adore sale….
Spines as super organizer By Gonzalo Duque WHAT will go down in the books as the best National Games or Palarong Pambansa held ever in the country (are we biased) — hosting and the gymnastics itself — will be a crowning glory of the province. Sorry if we sound like Butch Velasco or one of…
Mayweather-Pacquiao fight had better not be held By Al S. Mendoza FLOYD Mayweather Jr. had to win it not only for himself but, more importantly, for boxing. Beating Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision was made more beautiful by Mayweather’s decision to slug it out from Round 1 to Round 12…
Right move ni Pareng Spines By Bebot Villar MALAKI at magandang epekto sa political career ni Pareng Spines (Gov. Amado Espino Jr.) ang pag join nito sa Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Sa totoo lang, hindi naman bago sa kanya ang NPC dahil noong tumakbo s’ya at nanalo bilang congressman ng…
Show! By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD NO, this is not about a musical extravaganza, nor about a stage presentation or a certain movie. This is neither about a circus, a drama or a famous telenovela – although there is an element of this about the “Show!” One thing is certain….
Ronda Pilipinas and our local bets By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A WEEK from now, the 2012 LBC Ronda Pilipinas bikathon will officially take off. And unlike last year which was held over 12 days, this year’s road saga will run in 15 days and will start in Sarangani in…
Too much love! By Emmanuelle SOMETIMES, not always, I go through a story in my mind with a psychologist friend before I write it and submit said story to the editors. Our talk will go like this (my friend is forever in italics; she is curvy, curly and crunchily opinionated,…
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