Dagupan politicians, bakitP? By Gonzalo Duque GUV’NOR Spines, may tagahanga ka sa Ilocos Norte. He is Judge Noli Argel, our fraternity brod at San Beda College of Law. Noli and lawyer Pol Velasco were our personal guests recently.
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Factory of the unexpected By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, the quirks of fortune. Talk ‘N Text was the hands-down favorite, Petron the acknowledged patsy. It was like seeing the Dallas Mavericks of Texas meeting the UP Fighting Maroons of Diliman, Q.C. When the dusts of battle cleared, so to speak,…
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“United States of the Philippines” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD NO laughing, please! No smiling either! Reason: It reads well. It sounds nice. It invokes power and wealth. In implies a First World Country. Is it that silly? Is it simply vainglory? Does it imply too much drinking and/or too…
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Lingayen, a gambling capital? By Leonardo J. Galvez APART from being the capital town, is Lingayen in need of another feather …. “Gambling capital” of the province? Has it lost its billing as the premier municipality of the Urduja country?
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Denial King today, White Elephant King tomorrow? By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN City’s Mayor Benjie Lim is undoubtedly on a denial mode, making him the city’s runaway “Denial King”. First, he acts and talks today like the failed sanitary landfill that cost the city a whooping P16 million never happened….
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‘Nakuryente!’ By Jun Velasco “Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world.“—Anon WELCOME home to your native Pangasinan soil, Claire Yen, world-renowned artist of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao! Claire’s mother, former Syncletica Bugayong Toledo of Bugallon town, was schoolmate of former Lingayen Mayor Josefina Vila Castaneda, wife of Mayor Jonas, from…
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Teach man how to fish By Gonzalo Duque WERE we glad that Mayor Benjie Lim came and gave a nice talk before media colleagues last Wednesday? Yes naman, we’re fair game to all, especially to the father of the city. When we are critical of him, we’re just being fair…
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That Pacquiao-Mayweather fight again By Al S. Mendoza (Deepest condolences to the loved ones of Tia Remy Vela, who passed away on Monday at Villaflor. The sad news came from Dr. Ruben “Boyet” Reyes Jr., the brilliant young doctor from Mangatarem and Chicago, Illinois. Tia Remy was the mother of…
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“WOW Philippines“ By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD JUST remembering. So brief but many intriguing possibilities it said. So plain but pleasant thoughts it evoked. So plain but big wonders it caused. This was the combined precious and loaded message that “Wow Philippines!” very well delivered and so long remembered….
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Quirimit yearns for another Tour title By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE much-awaited and much-touted LBC Ronda Pilipinas multi-stage bikathon is just a month away, ready to kick off from Cagayan de Oro City on September 24.
