Bitterest loss ever absorbed in PAL Interclub history By Al S. Mendoza (Greetings are in order for Kuya Mario Panoringan, who blew into town once more just to join the PAL Interclub in Davao City Feb. 15-25. We met up in Davao City for the PAL Media Golf tournament, the…
Psychological Records By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD NOT really in the distant past on the occasion of the last national elections, the matter of certain “Psychological Records” was already then brought up to the attention of the general public. For those concerned with the emergence of objective truth, the issue…
Goodbye, Kuya Boy Delin By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT’S sad when you lose a friend, your province mate, and especially if he’s your sports contemporary who brought laurels to our beloved province. The death of my cycling mate Virgilio “Boy” Delin last February 13 stunned the cycling oldies (especially…
Sugpo or hipong puti? By Roberto Garcia SHRIMP culture is one of the cornerstones of the fishpond industry in Pangasinan. But which is the best or preferred species? Penaeus monodon or the giant tiger prawn, locally known as sugpo, has been the traditional species cultured in brackish water fishponds. Some…
Watching Pangasinan bloom By Beatrice Marie Basi “Our destiny as a province and our future as a people depend not upon one single person, much less the governor, even with all the powers in his hands.” — Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. I HAVE lived near Pangasinan’s Capitol all…
Work ethic By Ermin Garcia Jr. LEST I am misunderstood, my recent items on the rampant plagiarism that afflicted both print media practitioners and teachers in the province were prompted by a need to make the ill-advised professionals realize that work ethic is primordial in the practice of a…
JdV, Tito Primicias: V Day greeters By Jun Velasco “Judge not, that you be not judged.” — Matthew 7: 1 A LOT of people have told us the angry exchange at the impeachment trial has sort of made the country a hate-country. An ironic twist of our reputation as a…
Good work, Governor! By Gonzalo Duque AT LAST, per advice of elder brod Cesar, our pen puts to rest our commentary on Dr. Voltaire Arzadon. Pasalamat siya for free advertising. He has become very popular because of our column. Mahal yon, pare Ermin, di ba? Anyway, we did it not only for Cesar actually…
Tabuena has nothing to be ashamed of By Al S. Mendoza A FRIEND of mine asked me: Why was a neophyte pitted against a veteran? He was referring to Miguel Tabuena as the neophyte, and Mardan Mamat the veteran. The Mardan-Tabuena duel was in the final round of the ICTSI…
On Top of the Situation By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD TAKEN either in the good or pejorative sense, someone said to be “on top of the situation” implies and says one and the same thing. It means that the person concerned has controlling coverage over an issue under consideration, has…
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