P-Noy is taking up biking! By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS the new father of the land, our President, P-Noy, inherited a bankrupt and corrupt state. It will take years and a gigantic sweat for him to solve the ills of this damaged nation. It’s a gargantuan task that P-Noy…
The year that we were declared “boss” By Roselle P. Gale EVEN as a new year begins, it does not mean that our memories of the past year will be lost forever. Nights before the entry of 2011, I thought of the events in the closing year which made a…
Benjie sings like a pro By Jun Velasco CHRISTMAS time in Dagupan is unbeatable. Where would you find, for instance, a city with almost a month-long table of frolicsome activities? City Mayor Benjie Lim is tailor-cut for the city’s Yule season because he is a fabulous singer, and everyone who sees and listens…
Rotarians also want Benjie and Belen to reconcile By Gonzalo Duque AT the Rotary night at the Dagupan plaza, most of those we met and talked to endorsed our column last week about reconciling Mayor Benjie Lim and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez “for the good of the city.”. Everybody knows…
Just one handshake key to unification Al S. Mendoza THEY fought in the year past. Benjie Lim versus Belen Fernandez. Nani Braganza versus Guv Spines. Bani’s Navarro versus Guv Spines. They’ve been all fighting since I can remember.
“Bayang Magiliw” +Oscar V. Cruz JCD Lately, there have been really nasty things said and done about the Philippines – which of course and the Philippines stand for the Filipinos own the Philippines, and the Philippines stand for the Filipinos. This is why, it is still the Filipinos who know…
The dream is still to work overseas By Guia Charissa Cerezo I HAVE been wandering around and thinking of the things that happened in the past year. It has been years since I first started thinking about how I must live my life in the face of what our society…
Finally it’s done By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. HOPEFULLY 2011 will really be a prosperous year for all of us. Like many Filipinos, I hope that the incessant bickering and conflict between and among our national sports leaders will finally come to an end (especially in my favorite sport cycling…
Preparing history today for tomorrow By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE provincial board made history the other week by creating the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission. And it couldn’t have made a better choice with PUNCH columnist Gonz Duque as its recommended first chairman/executive director. It was Gonz (and his committee)…
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