Pangasinan as a mariculture center By Roberto Garcia PANGASINAN is well-known for its tasty bangus and the province ranks as one of the biggest producers nationwide. But is it capable of becoming a major mariculture center in the country?
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Beautiful but deadly By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE beaches of Pangasinan are one of the best in Luzon owing to their fine sand. They should make top tourist destinations not only for local and foreign tourists but alas, they are not because nobody in our local government units seems…
Punchline
We are driving Pacquiao to murderous heights By Jun Velasco “The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong way.”—Plato A few days from now — on November 12, to be exact, at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas — the much-awaited Pacquiao-Marquez trilogy will…
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LNU emerging media center? By Gonzalo Duque A LOT of people are inquiring what’s going on behind the facade of new establishments in front of Lyceum Northwestern U. This was the reason we entertained some friends by taking them around the university inside, and how they wowed at the fast-paced…
Playing with Fire
Pareng Louie By Al S. Mendoza THEY recently buried the remains of another of earth’s good men, Luis F. Apostol. He was my Pareng Louie. He made me godfather of his eldest son, who is now a civil engineer. He made my only daughter, Malaya, the godmother of his youngest…
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Symbol of Overpopulation By +Oscar V. Cruz THE powers behind the RH Bill, the prime movers of all possible ways and means of contraception, the multinational pharmaceuticals wallowing in corporate greed though the unlimited manufacture and wanton sale of all kinds of contraceptives – they recently came up with another…
Viewpoints
Visiting Cebu again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. CEBU CITY – I’M making this piece in this beautiful and booming place in our country’s south. This is my seventh visit here since 1966, during my cycling heydays and once placed third in the 1977 Tour of Cebu that our provincemate…
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A delicate balancing act By Roberto Garcia LET us take a break from the discussion on culture techniques and talk about the sustainable development of aquaculture and its impact on the environment.
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Jai-teng makes cops and mayors happy By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE good days are back! Jai-teng (jai-alai-cum-jueteng) is well and alive! Mayors and police chiefs are raking it in with 3 draws daily, thanks to the legal cover of a supposed license to operate off-fronton jai-alai betting stations. The jai-alai…
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Salvador Floro Bernal, 66 By Jun Velasco “Life is short. Let’s make the most of it.—“ Anon AT 8 in the morning Friday at the Immaculate Concepion Cathedral in Cubao, we found ourself alone beside the Philippine Flag-draped casket of National Artist for Theater and Design Salvador “Badong” Bernal.
