“Bahala na” By S. Bill Jimenez THIS IS what Filipinos say when they give up struggling and put everything in God’s hands: “Bahala na” (derived from Bathala, the God of early Filipinos). It may be the secret of why Filipinos are pliant, resilient and flexible like the bamboo. We surrender…
Game of deception By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week, Mayor Benjie Lim went on air refuting our allegations of irregularities that attended the resolution granting him blanket authority to negotiate the sale of the Mc Adore property and a Calasiao land without terms of reference and guidelines with nothing but…
Boxing By Jun Velasco “Sting like a bee, float like a butterfly,” Muhammad Ali OUR sports columnist Jess Garcia dangled a not-too-easy to ignore bait last Saturday. “Let’s meet Manny Pacquiao in La Trinidad,” he said. Manny P, you know, has won many more fans lately, not with his raging fists, but, don’t look now,…
Support Palaro By Gonzalo Duque IT’S Palaro time. For the second time our province is host to Palarong Pambansa or the National Games. Athletes and sportsmen from the different schools of the Philippines are in town to participate in the different games. Let us congratulate ourselves led by Gov. Espino for this…
Breeding ground for future sports greats By Al S. Mendoza LET the warring flags flutter fiercely in the wind. Assemble the future heroes of sportslandia. The battlefields in Lingayen, Dagupan, Calasiao and San Carlos are raring to spread the red carpet. Oh, wait a minute. Aren’t Bugallon and Binmaley also…
Bagay si Sen. Ping sa DILG By Bebot Villar HINDI alam ni Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo kung ano na ang nangyari sa Loterya ng Bayan. Inamin ito mismo ni Robredo when he came to Bugallon on May 1 as guest of honor and speaker for Pangasinan’s Pista’y Dayat…
Here We Go Again! By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD POLITICAL campaigns have already started loud and clear – no matter what the law provides, irrespective of the time and place of the campaigns are staged. The unsaid truth is that it is Malacañang that is the very first to engage…
Boxing in La Trinidad By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I motored to La Trinidad, Benguet together with pal and Punch colleague Jun Velasco and Pangasinan provincial consultant Cesar Carpio, both avid boxing fans, and we watched some professional boxing bouts last April 28 at the Cordillera Career Development College gym,…
The Samaritan Heart By S. Bill Jimenez A RETIRED FILIPINO from Pangasinan went to a San Francisco bank one Monday morning to deposit a check. Being early he was second to the front in a long line of customers. Suddenly, an old white lady came in and announced, “I’m in…
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